. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. Gardening; Greenhouses. PROPAGATION 29. Tongue or whip grafting is used with seedlings as stocks, the stock and cion being of the same thickness. The stock is cut off with a long slant, the cion is prepared in the same manner. A longitudinal cut is made in each so that when the cuts are opened the stock and cion wiU fit exactly in their places. A little practice will show where the tongues should be made. The graft should be wrapped with waxed string, which i
. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. Gardening; Greenhouses. PROPAGATION 29. Tongue or whip grafting is used with seedlings as stocks, the stock and cion being of the same thickness. The stock is cut off with a long slant, the cion is prepared in the same manner. A longitudinal cut is made in each so that when the cuts are opened the stock and cion wiU fit exactly in their places. A little practice will show where the tongues should be made. The graft should be wrapped with waxed string, which is made by soaking a ball of No. 18 knitting cotton in grafting wax. This method is'employed especially upon roots of seedling fruits and upon the more slender twigs of trees. Saddle grafting. In this case that part of the stock on which the cion is to be placed is cut to a wedge shape. A neatly made notch is cut in the bottom part of the wood of the cion to fit closely over the wedge- shaped part of the stock. Tie the stock firmly with waxed string. This method is used in grafting Rhodo- dendrons. Crown grafting is performed by heading back a large-sized stock, making an incision in the bark from the severed part down- ward. Raise the bark on each side of the perpendicular cut, as in budding; make a slanting cut on one side of the cion, and insert beneath the bark; bind together and cover with grafting wax. Veneer grafting is principally practiced on coniferous plants and Rhododendrons. It consists of making a cross cut through the bark and slightly into the wood. A short distance above this cross cut begin with a slanting cut downward until the first cut is reached; shape the cion so that it fits exactly; tie in position and cover with wax. The stock is headed back after the union has taken place. Inarching consists of uniting the cion to the stock while it is still supported by the parent root. It is the simplest of all the Fig. .'i-Wmp or Tongue Grafting In grafting the stoc
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