Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 281
the trunk se-curely. That is to say, one trunk grew betweentwo small branches of the other tree. As these \ jM . ;» #, i,:>> ^ fch^* I -iW 1 I f:- / ^Ij TWO OAK-TREES GRAFTED INTO ONE. branches increased in size they held the barkof one trunk against the other as firmly as ifthey were clamped… … WE WILL WRITE TO ST. NICHOLAS ABOUT IT. Saddle-grafting. Whip-grafting. THE WAY THE GARDENFR GRAFTS. What is grafting? asked Alice, and theteacher replied : In spring the gardener placesa cutting of one improved variety of fruit-treeinto a cleft made in the branch of another va-riety, making sure…
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