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PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 



the stock. In order to exclude the air, the top and side 

 of the stock should then be bound with a strip of cloth 

 covered with a composition of beeswax and resin in equal 

 parts, with sufficient tallow to make it soft at a reasonably 

 low temperature. In the course of two or three weeks, 



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Fig. 13. — CLEFT GRAFTING. Fig. 14. — ^WHIP GBAFTIKG. 



if every thing is favorable, the cion will begin to unite, 

 and will be ready to go forward with advancing vegeta- 

 tion. When the stock is sufficiently large, two cions can 

 be inserted, as in fig. 13. 



Whip-grafting is performed by cutting a slice of bark 

 with a little wood from the side of a stock about an inch 

 and a half long, and then paring a cion of the usual length 

 down to a very thin lower extremity, as in fig. 14. This 

 cion can then be accurately fitted on to the place from which 



