GRAFTING. 



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GRAFTING. 



the latter is put on at one side, in 

 order that its inner bark may he 

 closely united with that of the stock. 

 This is the common mode of grafting 

 fruit trees in the nurseries. 



Slit, or cleft-grafting, is performed 

 by first cutting over the stock, and 

 next making a slit or cleft in it ; then 

 paring the scion on both sides, so as 

 to form a wedge, narrower at the inner 

 edge ; and, after inserting it in the 

 cleft, tying it and claying it as before. 

 This mode is well adapted for grafting 

 one succulent plant on another ; as, 

 for example, in the Cacti tribe, graft- 



fig. 16. 



GRAFTING THE CACTI. 



ing an Epiphyllum on a Pereskia, as 

 shown in Jig. 16, or for grafting ligne- 



fig. 17. 



a 



GRAFTING THE PEONY. 



ous Peonies on the tubers of herbace- 

 ous ones, as shown in figs. 17 and 18. 

 In fig. 17, a is the stock already 

 notched ; and, in fig. 18, b is the pre- 

 pared scion, and c the grafted plant. 



fig. 18. 



GRAFTING THE PEONY. 



Side-grafting is shown in figs. 

 19 and 20, in which/ is the stock, 

 from which a portion is cut out, 

 against which the scion e, also some- 

 what thinned down, is to be applied 

 and made fast, as shown in fig. 20 at 

 g. This being done, the graft is 

 covered with grafting-wax or clay, as 

 usual. It will be observed, that by 

 this mode the head of the stock is not 

 cut off, but is left on, in order to draw 

 up the sap, and also to prevent the 

 stock from being disfigured in the 

 event of the death of the scion. Thei'e 

 is another mode of side-grafting, 

 which is much more certain of suc- 

 cess, in which the head of the stock 

 is cut off, as shown in fig. 21, in 

 which it will be observed, that the 



