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GRAFTING. 
J^CHAP. IV. 
which will be necessary during the passage 
of the ascending and returning sap between 
the stock and the graft. These directions 
apply alike to all kinds of grafting; and the 
difference between the sorts refers princi¬ 
pally to the manner in which the corre¬ 
sponding parts are cut to fit each other. 
Whip or Tongue Grafting is where both 
the stock and the scion are cut in a slanting 
direction so as to fit each other., and a little 
slit is made in the stock into which a tongue 
or projecting part cut in the scion fits. 
The head of the scion is then cut off in a 
slanting direction, slanting upwards from the 
part cut to receive the scion, and the two 
are bound closely together with a strand of 
bast mat, or wrapped in moss, and then co¬ 
vered with grafting clay. The part left on 
the stock in a slanting direction above the 
graft withers, and is cut off when the graft 
has taken. This is the kind of grafting ge¬ 
nerally practised in nurseries, and it is the 
most useful, as it does not require the scion 
and the stock to be of the same size. 
Peg Grafting is an old method seldom 
practised now; according to it, the bark at 
