. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Figr. 19.—Whip or Splice Grafting, a, stock; t, scion; c, tlie two iiBited. rig. 20.—Whip or Splice Graf ting, Witt Tongue at a on stock; b, scion; c, the two nnited. sHt is then taade down one or, where the stock is larger, two or more sides of the stock, and the bark slightly raised as for budding; the wedge portion of the scion is pushed into the sUt, bound firmly into position, and the process is complete. There are, however, many modifications of this mode of grafting, though this, of which an illustration is given (Fig. 21), is the simplest and t
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Figr. 19.—Whip or Splice Grafting, a, stock; t, scion; c, tlie two iiBited. rig. 20.—Whip or Splice Graf ting, Witt Tongue at a on stock; b, scion; c, the two nnited. sHt is then taade down one or, where the stock is larger, two or more sides of the stock, and the bark slightly raised as for budding; the wedge portion of the scion is pushed into the sUt, bound firmly into position, and the process is complete. There are, however, many modifications of this mode of grafting, though this, of which an illustration is given (Fig. 21), is the simplest and the best. Cleft Grafting!.—In this also the preliminary preparation of the stock may be broadly affirmed to be the same as in the others, that is, the head is cut off. Beyond this the mode is considerably different. The simplest method of cleft grafting is that in which the stock and scion are of about equal diameters. A wedge- shaped piece of wood is then cut out of the stock, the scion is cut to fit this V-like cavity, placed in, and bound in position. This mode, how- ever, is often practised when the stock is much the larger; in that case a piece of wood is cut out of the side of the stock, the scion is manipulated to fit in quite level with the bark, and the process is complete (Kg. 22). Saddle Grafting.—This chiefly diverges from the above in the following manner. Instead of the scion being cut into the form of a wedge through- clean and smooth, tapering equally aU the waj'. Having already taken the scion in hand, proceed to cut it in the same way, making the cut the exact counterpart of that on the stock. Then, without a moment's delay, place the two fresh-cut surfaces together, and bind them tight with bast, cotton-wick, or other ligature, and the mysterious art of grafting is completed. If the fit be good, and the inner bark of scion and stock impinge against each other along their lines of contact, success is almost certain, other- wise failure is even more sure
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