. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . ongue-graft,the layers on both sides may be placedtogether. The tying of grafts is advis-able when small wood is used, but largestocks, when cut below the ground,scarcely require this precaution. Whenthe operation is finished, the soil isheaped up, as in cleft-grafting. An old-fashion-ed modification of the whip-graft leaves the end of the cion 4 or 5 inches long, so that it may project downwards into a bottle or dish of water, thereby absorbing sufficient moisture to maintain the cion until it unites with the stock. Anothe
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . ongue-graft,the layers on both sides may be placedtogether. The tying of grafts is advis-able when small wood is used, but largestocks, when cut below the ground,scarcely require this precaution. Whenthe operation is finished, the soil isheaped up, as in cleft-grafting. An old-fashion-ed modification of the whip-graft leaves the end of the cion 4 or 5 inches long, so that it may project downwards into a bottle or dish of water, thereby absorbing sufficient moisture to maintain the cion until it unites with the stock. Another modification, with the same purpose in view, is to allow the ends of the tying material to fall into the water. These methods are called bot-tle-grafting in the books. They really of no account, although they might be employed for certain difficult subjects amongst ornamental plants; but even there, better results can be ob-tained by placing the grafts in a close frame (like that shown in Fig. 47), or by packing them in ^ 108. Double whip-graft moss. (x5^). ^^ ■. SADDLE, SPLICE, AND VENEER-GRAFTS. II3 A double whip-graft is shown in Fig. io8. In thismethod, the cion is cut upon one side into a wedge, andupon the other with a long tongue (h). Thestock is provided with two clefts, at r and cion, having two supports in the stock, formsa most intimate contact with its host; but it is tooslow, and the rewards too slight, to warrant itsgeneral use. This is sometimes, but erroneously,called a saddle-graft. Saddle-grafting.—Saddle-grafting is a simpleand useful method for the shoots of small growingplants. The slock is cut to a wedge-shape endby two cuts, and the cion is split and setupon the wedge (Fig. 109). The union isthen tied and waxed in the same way asexposed whip grafts. It is oftenest em-ployed when a terminal bud is used, asthe wood in such cions is usually too weakto work easily with a tongue. Splice-grafting.—The simplest form of 109. saddugrafting is that s
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