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jection to it is that it leaves too great a wound to be 

 closed over. For small stocks the whip-graft is generally 

 used ; it is much easier to do it than to describe it ; stock 

 and cion should be as near of a size as possible ; both are 

 cut with a similar slope, and in each slope is cut a tongue 

 as in fig. 19 ; when the two slopes are put together, the 



Fig. 19. — WHIP GRAFT. Fig. 20. — SIDE GRAFT. 



two tongues are interlocked as in the engraving, taking 

 care that the inner bark of stock and cion come in con- 

 tact as completely as possible. In this illustration the 

 parts are represented as tied with twine, to show the 

 joint below, but in practice the whole is completely cov- 

 ered with a band of waxed cloth. This, where practica- 

 ble, is an excellent graft, there being no large wounds to 

 heal over, and the points of union are numerous. This 

 graft is much used by nurserymen in root-grafting small 

 apple and pear stocks. A very simple form called the side- 

 graft is often employed by florists and nurserymen ; the 



