GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



107' 



be attracted to tlie graft by shortening the branches of the 

 stock, which are beneath the graft ; their ends only need be 

 cut off. An extensive lopping or clipping would be disas- 

 trous, and should never be resorted to in the case of young 

 Conifers. 



Fork- Grafting of tlie Beech. 

 The scion A (p. 108) is let into the stock (B) at the angle where 

 the two branches (0 and D) meet. The lower part (a) of the scion 

 is cut into a thin wedge, of which a is a section. The cleft (b) 

 of the stock should not extend further than two -thirds of the 

 diameter of the tree, so that the scion may be held firmly ; 

 however, it must also be bandaged and covered with mastic. 

 If, instead of a cleft, a channel or groove were made, such as 

 our illustration (b) seems to indicate, it would be merely addi- 

 tional labour without increasing the probability of success. 

 The branches (C and D) are to be cut ppetty long ; they may be 

 shortened afterwards as the scion deveiopes itself, so that 

 the two stumps may be removed in the following autumn, 

 supposing the grafting to have taken place in March or ApriL 

 The oak may also be grafted in this way. M. P. de Mortellet 

 has for a long time propagated by this method the oaks of 

 America upon those of Europe. "We have also succeeded with 

 the European walnut upon the American species. Perhaps 

 the chestnut and other hard-wooded trees may be thus grafted 

 with equal success. 



Fork- Grafting of the Vine. 

 This mode of grafting is performed over-ground in the 

 forking of two branches. The. scion, prepared with a sloping 

 cut on both sides, is introduced into the' stock by means of a 

 partial cleft opened at the junction of two branches. These 

 two branches are cut down to within about a foot from the 

 main stem ; and in summer the shoots which spring from them 



