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Shield-budding ; side-grafting with a simple branch (in 

 summer) ; cleft -grafting ; inlaying (in March and April) ; 

 close to the ground. 



Remarks. — Graft very close to the ground — below the surface 

 rather than above it. Choose for scions well-ripened branches. 

 Disbud rigorously. Cotoneasters grafted as standards do not 

 live long. 



Cryptomeria. 



Stools, — Cryptomeria japonica. Mode of Grafting. — Veneer- 

 ing; oblique side-cleft -grafting (in February or August, under 

 glass). 



Remarks. — For stocks use tolerably young plants which 

 have been raised in pots. Two months after grafting begin 

 to harden them off. 



Cypress. 



Stock. — Cupressus pyramidalis ; Biota (from seed). Mode of 

 Grafting. — "Veneering; side-cleft-grafling (from February to 

 September) ; cleft-grafting in the forkings of the branches 

 (in April) ; close to the ground or as standards. 



Remarks. — The air must be excluded when the plant is 

 veneer-grafted ; the union of the parts is complete at the end 

 of two months. In side-grafting the stock may be cleft 

 obliquely (see p. 74). Grafting in the forkings of the 

 branches (see p. 108) succeeds in the open air ; the operation 

 is performed in the place where a branch forks from the 

 leading shoot of the previous year. 



Cytisus. 



Stock. — Cytisus alpina (from seed). Mode of Grafting. — 

 Shield-budding (in July and August) ; cleft-grafting ; the 

 English method ; inlaying (in JMarch and April) ; close to the 

 ground or as standards. 



Remarks. — Slender-wooded kinds, such as C. purpurea, 

 rosea, alba, carnea, nigra, elcgans, and trifolia seldom succeed 



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