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The edges of the wound are trimmed, and cions are cut a.n
inch or two longer than the width of the girdle, and they are
shlrped iit htl1 ads. One mcl is inserted under the bark
below the girdle and the other above it. The cions are placed
close together entirely around the tree. The two ends are
held firmly in place 14,~ tying, and the line of union is then
.
FIG. 191. Hridgcyqaft,iny, for t,he repairing of wounda.
waxed over. This opt~ration is said to be necessary to keep
up the connection between the root and the top, but this is in
most cases an error, unless the girdle extends into the wood.
A ~oc’d dressing of was or clay, held on with stout bandages,
is often IWCII better than the grafting. This method of
grafting is somvtimes, but erroneously, valled inarching. A
complete bark girdle made in spring or early summer will
usually heal over readily if it is well bandaged ; and. in some
cases even the bandage is not necessary.
Several forms of bridge-grafting are practiced. Those
described by Peck in Cornell Rea,ding-Course Lesson 123 may
be taken as examples :
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