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the scion and downwards in the stock; and, when fitting them to¬ 
gether, the thin slip thus formed in the scion should be pressed into 
the notch of the stock until every part is in its right place, which 
assists in steadying the graft, and makes the union more complete. 
The binding and covering is then done, as before mentioned, care 
being taken that the joint is not disturbed by 
any cause after it is once formed. The shape 
of the joint, as before observed, may be varied 
at pleasure ; nor does it particularly matter 
what method is employed, so that the bark of 
each fits the other closely in every part, and 
that it be of such kind as to look neatly when 
finished. The success of the whole depends 
entirely on the manner in which the joining of 
the bark is done, and on the exclusion of at¬ 
mospheric influences until perfect. 
Another mode of grafting is by the inarching process, but it 
forms so clumsy an union as to be brown aside except in the case 
of very difficult scions which will not bear entire separation from 
the parent plant until they have some hold of their future sup¬ 
port. It is done by bringing the stock and the plant bearing 
the intended graft together, and uniting the two in the manner 
pointed out in whip grafting A piece is cut lengthwise from 
each, of equal sizes, and the parts thus exposed being fitted close, 
are bound together, and are so left until united, when the graft 
is cut from its parent; but, with the utmost care and nicety exer¬ 
cised in the operation, it is impossible to make a good joint, for 
there is all the thickness left on the scion to project beyond the 
stock, while, on the opposite, the latter juts out, and the whole 
looks extremely awkward and unsightly, besides which, there is 
great danger of a disruption for a long time on the least rough¬ 
ness being used to the plant. 
Connected with the subject of grafting is the question of when 
it may be done to most advantage. We have no hesitation in 
recommending the month of March for working all sorts of 
fruit-bearing trees which stand in the open ground; because the 
increasing action of the sap superinduces a like action in the 
scion. Still, grafts may be inserted in the autumn with nearly 
equal success; and this is often a matter of convenience not to 
