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parts are both atttached t,o their own roots. When the partshave grown together, 011e of them is severccl frown its root.The practice of inarching is explained in Fig. 196. In thiscase, the larger plant (on the left,) is designed for the stock.When the smaller plant has united, it is cut of-f just. below theunion and it tllellc*efortll grows on the other plant. Limbsof wntiguou~ trees are sornetimsch grafted in this way. Itis the proc:ess eniplo>-ctl by nature in what is called naturalgruftin g (p3g. 129). Grape-vines are often inarched.A t,lirifty young branch of afruit-tree ni:q 11th inar&d intoI:I(;. 1!)7. lktails of inarching.similarly treated. 111 N, the method of cutting the conjoinedsurfaces is espluiIled at Iarnellias were oftenpropagated lq inarch& r in the old practice, but this work isnow muc*h more easil>- a(*c:omplished by the veneer-gra.ft.UorrLLr-cr'or~:i?rg. - Grafting 011 a grafted tree is known asdouble-grafting or double-working. It is employed for the