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root grafting, but instead of that method cut the upper end of the 



piece of root 

 wedge-shaped 

 aud inserted it 

 in the lower part 

 of the graft as 

 shown in the il- 

 lustration (Fig. 

 16). If the wood 

 is long jointed I 

 use one eye to 

 , the graft ; if 

 short, two eyes. 

 Tie the grafts 

 firmly with wax- 

 ed thread. The 

 root gives the 

 graft- eye a start, 

 and by fall I have 

 a row of them 

 average three 

 feet in growth. 

 ' ' These grafts 

 * can be placed up- 

 right in boxes of 

 sandy soil and 

 left there until 

 they have start- 

 ed to grow. If 

 you can give 

 them a little bot- 

 tom heat it will 

 be a great help. 

 Accustom them 

 to plenty of air 



and sunshine be- 

 15. A successful 9;raft seven years old. ^ .,• ^1 



fore setting them 



out in the open ground, plant them late in the .afternoon, and 



