Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . measuring fifty miles by twenty-five, isremarkable for ha\ing its longer dimension placedalmost at right angles to those of the rest of thecluster. The Little I. bes about twelve milesnorth, and measures eight miles by six. In 1851,the population of both islands together was 530, ofwhom 54 were white. INAXITIOX. See Staktatiox. INARCHIXG, or GRAFTENG BY AP-PROACH, a mode of grafting by which branchesare united together before any of them is separatedfrom its original stem. Branches growing acrossone another sometimes unite in this
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . measuring fifty miles by twenty-five, isremarkable for ha\ing its longer dimension placedalmost at right angles to those of the rest of thecluster. The Little I. bes about twelve milesnorth, and measures eight miles by six. In 1851,the population of both islands together was 530, ofwhom 54 were white. INAXITIOX. See Staktatiox. INARCHIXG, or GRAFTENG BY AP-PROACH, a mode of grafting by which branchesare united together before any of them is separatedfrom its original stem. Branches growing acrossone another sometimes unite in this way of them-selves, and it is supposed—not imjirobably—that anobservation of this circumstance first led to theinvention of grafting. Inarching is i)ractised incases in which the ordinary modes of grafting arenot fnimd readily to succeed, as with stocks to be grafted upon are planted, or placedin pots, around the plant from which the grafts areto be taken. Four or five months are generallysuflBcient to complete the union, but sometimes even. two years are necessarj. ^Vhen the union is com-plete, the scion is separated by a sloping cut fromits parent plant. Care must always be taken thatthe i)art3 to be joined together be cut so as to lit one another pretty exactly, and they are then firmlytied together, and so covered that neither air norwater may penetrate. It is desirable that they bebranches of nearly the same thickness. They shouldbe cut almost down to the pith, but the pith mustnot be injured. Inarching is performed in spring,after the sap has begun to cu-culate. The accom-panjing figure illustrates several ways of example, two branches of a tree, a, may be bentso as to meet and strike upon a wound in the mainstem, by which a gap will be filled up ; one growingtree, 6, either from the ground or a pot, may be ledto unite with another; or several suckers, c, maybe led from the ground archwise to strike upon apoint in the stem, thus bringing f
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