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The edges of the wound are trimmed, and cions are cut a.ninch or two longer than the width of the girdle, and they areshlrped iit htl1 ads. One mcl is inserted under the barkbelow the girdle and the other above it. The cions are placedclose together entirely around the tree. The two ends areheld 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 keepup the connection between the root and the top, but this is inmost 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 ofgrafting is somvtimes, but erroneously, valled inarching. Acomplete bark girdle made in spring or early summer willusually heal over readily if it is well bandaged ; and. in somecases even the bandage is not necessary.Several forms of bridge-grafting are practiced. Thosedescribed by Peck in Cornell Rea,ding-Course Lesson 123 maybe taken as examples :ill