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incision, C (fig. 8). The shoot B (fig. 7) must be cut 

 as shown at D (fig. 8), and slipped under the raised 

 bark, and the parts united by a ligature. 



It is important that the graft should have a leaf at 

 D, fig. 8, on the side opposite to the incision, which 

 must be taken care of when applying the bandage. 



Fig. 8.— Shoot Grafting by Approach. 



By the spring of the following year the union wdll 

 be complete ; nevertheless, it is desirable to delay the 

 severance of the grafts from the lower part of the 

 shoot until the second spring, otherwise many of them 

 will be dried up. The proper time being arrived, the 

 small branch which supplied the graft is cut at (fig. 

 7), and the lower part of the branch D is allowed to 

 grow as before. 



