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The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . , andthe bark at C removed with a thin slice ofwood to correspond with the lip of thecion, which is then fitted to it, the shoul-der of the cion resting upon the top of thestock. The cion and stock are then tiedtogether with strings or waxed cloth, asin splice grafting. A, the surface of theground. All the other methods, such as thesplice, cleft, crown, side, and saddle graft-ing, may be applied to roots as well as thestems of woody plants, and it must be ap-parent that a large root or stock will sup-ply a cion with materials for ma
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . , andthe bark at C removed with a thin slice ofwood to correspond with the lip of thecion, which is then fitted to it, the shoul-der of the cion resting upon the top of thestock. The cion and stock are then tiedtogether with strings or waxed cloth, asin splice grafting. A, the surface of theground. All the other methods, such as thesplice, cleft, crown, side, and saddle graft-ing, may be applied to roots as well as thestems of woody plants, and it must be ap-parent that a large root or stock will sup-ply a cion with materials for making avigorous growth than those of an oppositecharacter. But while this is true to a cer-tain extent, it should also be remembered that no cion can use any more plant-foodthan can be assimilated by its leaves; con-sequently, if the roots of the stock uponwhich it set gather more materials thancan be used, there will be stagnation or en-tire inaction in some portion of the a large plant is severely cut backfor grafting or other purposes, and thus. Fig. 25. deprived of its usual amount of foliage, itwill often expend the greater portion ofits vitality in producing suckers; but withsome species few or no suckers are pro-duced ; and as the vitality of the plants canfind no outlet except through the one ormore cions, it is thus rendered very feeble,simply for the want of an opportunity toperform its natural functions. No root 42 The Horticulturist. will remain dormant and still healthy forany considerable time, under circumstan-ces which are naturally suited to promotegrowth. Knowing this, the propagator the branches of a large stock unless he cansubstitute a sufficient number of cions tosupply their place, or at least enough toallow all of the roots to act, although if of plants should avoid cutting off all of it is but very little. To avoid the too se-
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