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[[Image:Approach grafting.png|thumb|300px|A) Whip-graft B) ? graft]]
[[Image:Approach grafting.png|thumb|300px|A) Whip-graft B) ? graft]]
[[Image:Roubovani1.jpg|thumb|300px|Cleft graft before waxing.]]
[[Image:Roubovani1.jpg|thumb|300px|Cleft graft before waxing.]]
The joining of two separate plants into one. The process of inserting a [[cion]] in a plant with the intention that it shall grow there.{{SCH}}
The joining of two separate plants into one. The process of inserting a [[scion]] in a plant with the intention that it shall grow there.{{SCH}}
==The grafting of plants==
==The grafting of plants==
This section from ''Manual of Gardening'', by L. H. Bailey
This section from ''Manual of Gardening'', by L. H. Bailey
Grafting is the operation of inserting a piece of a plant into another plant with the intention that it shall grow. It differs from the making of cuttings in the fact that the severed part grows in another plant rather than in the soil.
Grafting is the operation of inserting a piece of a plant into another plant with the intention that it shall grow. It differs from the making of cuttings in the fact that the severed part grows in another plant rather than in the soil.
There are two general kinds of grafting--one of which inserts a piece of branch in the stock (grafting proper), and one which inserts only a bud with little or no wood attached (budding). In both cases the success of the operation depends on the growing together of the cambium of the cion (or cutting) and that of the stock. The cambium is the new and growing tissue lying underneath the bark and on the outside of the growing wood. Therefore, the line of demarcation between the bark and the wood should coincide when the cion and stock are joined.
There are two general kinds of grafting--one of which inserts a piece of branch in the stock (grafting proper), and one which inserts only a bud with little or no wood attached (budding). In both cases the success of the operation depends on the growing together of the cambium of the cion (or cutting) and that of the stock. The cambium is the new and growing tissue lying underneath the bark and on the outside of the growing wood. Therefore, the line of demarcation between the bark and the wood should coincide when the cion and stock are joined.