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and more satisfactory method than cleft-grafting in very
caurly wood. The tying is a slow process, atid for straightgraiiled
wood the &h-graft is to be preferred. It is also open
to the objectiorl of requiring the shoots to be st.aked or tied
to some support, for the wind is apt to break the point of
union more easil>r than with other
methods. A good uniorl admits of a
very stroll,: p growth, ard if the above
prec,uhons are kept in mind the vines
will equal t,hose produced by the more
~IIIII~~II methods.”
(‘r,ffj/lg-(-l~crfti,lg.-Chttage
and graftage
111ay he combined in various ways.
Cuttings of pkmts that root with difficulty
are sometimes grafted on those
that root easily. A good example is
in Fig. 1.59. When the plants are
tr:insplanted, t.lio following autumn or
spring, the m~.cic or st,oclc may be removed,
the cion hving taken root.
FIG. 194, Ttrncl tlltb point of union, and to stand
in the soil or moss or dish of water. (See also pages 143-l&&.)
I ‘ig. 194 is ;i gootl illustrations of tile practice. The cion extends
ht’o the earth uearly as far as the root itself. After
union has takeI plume, the lower p:trt of the cion is removed.
‘l%is method MII be used for magnolias, mulhcrries, birches
a.n(l maiiy other plants of whic$ some kinds root with more
or less difliculty. ” BottltJ-grafting,” described in most of