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GRAFTING. 
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requiring the head of the stock to be cut off, 
but the scion is shaped at the extremity like 
a wedge flattened on one side, and it is 
pushed in between the bark and wood of the 
stock, with its flat side next the wood, till it 
is stopped by a shoulder with which it is 
provided to prevent it going in too far. In 
Saddle Grafting the head of the stock is cut 
off, and the extremity of the trunk is shaped 
like a long wedge; a long slit is then made 
in the scion, and the divided parts are made 
to stand astride on the stock. The bark is 
then pared off at the extremity, so that the 
two parts may fit quite close; and a firm 
ligature is applied. 
Herbaceous Grafting is very badly named, 
as it gives the idea of its being a kind 
of grafting applied to herbaceous plants; 
whereas, in fact, it only means grafting with 
the brittle wood of the current year, in 
opposition to common grafting, which is 
always performed with firm wood, frequently 
of several years’ growth. Herbaceous graft¬ 
ing is now generally used for trees of the 
pine and fir tribe, which, only a few years 
ago, it was thought impossible to graft at all. 
