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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[Mar, 



:nch, half an inch, or less, as the scions much sooner cover 

 the stocks in this method than in the others. It is performed 

 by cutting off the head of the stocks sloping ; then making 

 a notch in the slope towards the upper part downward, a little 

 more than half an inch deep, to receive the scion, which must 

 be cat with the slope upward, and a slit made in this slope ? 

 like a tongue, which tongue must be inserted into the slit 

 made in the slope of the stock, and the scion be placed on 

 one side of the stock, so as that the two rinds of both scion 

 and stock may be equal and join together exactly ; after which 

 there should be a ligature of bass put round to fasten the 

 scion, so as that it may not be easily displaced, the whole 

 being afterwards clayed over as in the former methods. It 

 may be performed in the early spring months. 



Grafting by approach, inarch- grafting, is performed 

 when the stocks that are designed to be grafted, and the tree 

 from which the gi'aft is to be taken, stand so near together as 

 that their branches may be bent and united. It is commonly 

 practised on tender exotic plants, and some other sorts which 

 do not succeed in any of the other methods. In performing 

 the work, a part of the stock or branch is slit off about two 

 inches in length, a smooth part of the stock being always 

 chosen for the purpose ; then a small notch made in this slit of 

 the stock downward, in the same manner as directed for whip- 

 grafting; the branch of the tree designed to be inarched, 

 having a part slit off in the same manner as the stock, and a 

 slit made upward in it, so as to leave a tongue, which tongue 

 should be inserted into the slit of the stock, joining their rinds 

 equally, that they may unite well together ; after which a liga- 

 ture of bass should be made so as to keep them exactly in 

 their situation, and afterwards this part of the stock clayed 

 over well, to keep out the air. In this method of grafting, 

 the scion is not separated from the tree until it be firmly united 

 v/ith the stock, nor is the head of the stock or branch, which 

 is grafted, cut oft' until the same time, and only half the wood 

 pared off' with a slope, about three inches in length, and the 

 same of the scion or graft. In this method of grafting, the 

 operation is not performed so early in the season as the others ; 

 it being done in the month of April, when the sap is flow- 



