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its bud may be exactly underneath a bud on the .stock. This 

 bud will attract the sap to the graft, and thereby promote its 

 taking. It is then bandaged, and cold mastic applied to any 

 exposed parts of the joinings. Should the diameter of the 

 scion exceed that of the stock, that is easily remedied by 

 cutting off from the scion a longitudinal strip of bark equal in 

 width to the difference. On the other hand, should the dimen- 

 sions of the tube of the scion not correspond with those of 



Ordinary Flute-Grafting. Flute-Grafting with strips. 



-the stock, the deficiency is made good by leaving on the latter 

 a strip of bark of sufficient width to fill up the space not 

 covered by the tube of the scion; or, if the bark of the stock 

 has been taken off in a complete ring, a strip of bark of 

 suitable size can be inlaid on the bare part. 



Flute-Graft in g with Strips. 

 The scion having been prepared as in the preceding 

 case, the bark of the stock is cut in longitudinal strips 



