Fig Cuttings. Eisen's 1901 Illustrations.

From a scanned book from Google's project, accessible here.. This is public domain, not copyright protected, so OK to post here.

Title page from Gustav Eisen's book

I haven't seen this before. This illustration shows split view of cutting. The claim is that cutting should not be cut exposing the pith.


Various cutting methods.

Amazing, learning new concepts from a book that is over 100 years old.