. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fi<r. 19.—Whip or Splice Grafting, a, stock; h, scion ; c, the two united. Fig. 20.—Whip or Splice Graf ting, with Tongue ataonstocli; b, scion; c, the two united. clean and smooth, tapering equally all the way. 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, an
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fi<r. 19.—Whip or Splice Grafting, a, stock; h, scion ; c, the two united. Fig. 20.—Whip or Splice Graf ting, with Tongue ataonstocli; b, scion; c, the two united. clean and smooth, tapering equally all the way. 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. This is the simplest mode of whip grafting, and is as good as any other. JFhip Grafting with —This consists in forcing portions of the wood of the scion into the stock, and vice versa if desired, for there are modes of double as well as single 'tongue grafting. Our illustration will explain this better than any amount of description (Fig. 20). But as it increases the trouble, and does little or nothing to accelerate the union or make it more certain, it need not be further adverted to here. Crown Grafting. — In this method the scion is prepared in exactly the same manner as for whip grafting. The wedge may be longer or shorter as desired. The top of the stock is also squared in the same way, but the wood is all left intact. A slit is then made 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 slit, 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 a
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