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THE ART OF 



Cutting -Grafting on a Tall Stock. 

 If the scion is not long enough, to be at the same time 

 planted as a cntting and grafted at a certain height on the 

 stock, we make good the deficiency by nsing a vessel filled 

 ■with earth, or a bottle of water raised to the required 

 height, and receiving the lower part of the scion. Cool 

 sand is much better for this purpose than vegetable mould, 

 as it is not so liable to become dry. Should the grafting take 

 place during the period of vegetation, while the sap is flowing, 

 we should prefer using a vessel of water (C), at the bottom of 

 winch should be a layer of powdered charcoal, in order to 

 prevent the decomposition of the water, which otherwise must 

 be renewed frequently. The scion (B) should be stripped of 

 its leaves ; in the case of deciduous subjects, these should be 

 cut off close to the stalk; in evergreens it will be sufficient to 

 cut the half of each leaf away. The graft, which is made 

 either by veneering or in the English fashion, should be 

 covered with grafting -clay, and shaded with paper. The 

 removal of the upper part of the stock, which is begun in 

 summer by gradually cutting away the branches (A) and the 

 top of the main stem, should not be completed (as at E) until 

 after the growth of the year following. At the same time the 

 heel of the scion should be cut away level at its junction with 

 the stock, the office of the auxiliary sand or water having now 

 ended. 



Grafting on a Stock vSliicli is a Cutting. 

 The stock (T) is a portion of an Aucuba japonica prepared 

 %s a cutting ; the lower part is cut under a bud, and the top is 

 furnished with one bud and one leaf (V) just opposite the place 

 destined to receive the scion. The leaves on the buried part 

 are cut down to the stalk, and the others have half the blade 

 cut away. The scion (X) is taken from the variety which it is 

 desired to propagate. It is cut and inserted in the top of the 



