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THE ART OF 



it may be grafted entire, so that it may not be mutilated to no 

 purpose, should the graft miss. The scion (A) is cut as at C ; 

 the stock (B) is prepared to receive it by making three inci- 

 sions in the bark and raising it (as at D). The two parts are 

 then brought together (as at E) in the same way as in grafting 

 by approach ; the scion having its base (F) buried, in order to 

 form roots, or merely for the purpose of keeping it alive. 

 The graft is bandaged and covered with mastic or grafting- 



Layer-Grafting (another method). 



wax. When the operation is performed in spring the upper 

 part of the stock is to be gradually removed in the course of 

 the same year. We begin to do this in a week after grafting 

 by cutting away some of the branches, and repeat the opera- 

 tion at intervals during the summer, in proportion as we see 

 the shoots of the graft develop themselves. The process is 

 finally completed by the removal of the stump in the following 



