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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 



GRAFTING 



Grafting wax. Use resin, four parts ; beeswax, two 

 parts ; tallow, one part by weight. Break up the resin 

 and beeswax and melt them with the tallow. When 

 thoroughly melted, pour the liquid into a vessel of cold 

 water. As soon as it becomes hard enough to handle, 



take it out and work it until it 

 becomes tough. To keep the wax 

 from sticking while working it, 

 grease the hands with tallow. 



Waxed string may be prepared 

 by putting a ball of No. 18 knit- 

 ting cotton into a kettle of melted 

 grafting wax. In five minutes 

 it will be thoroughly saturated 

 with the wax and ready for use 

 at any time. 



Whip grafting. A scion is a 

 portion cut from one plant to be 

 inserted upon another. It should 



be of the previous season's growth. The stock is the 

 portion of the plant upon which the scion is to be placed. 

 One-year seedlings may be used for this purpose. They 

 should be taken up in the fall and wrapped in damp 

 moss and stored in a cool cellar. Make the graft by 

 cutting the stock with one smooth diagonal cut about 

 three fourths of an inch in length. Place the knife about 

 one third of the distance from the end of the cut surface 



FIG. 101. Whip, or Tongue, 

 Grafting 



, stock ; b, scion ; c, stock and 

 scion united 



