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carries a small portion of the wood of the bud stick, back of the bud, 

 which it is not commonly desirable to remove. Insert the point of the 

 bark below the bud in the slit in the bark of the stock and push it into 

 place, as shown at d. The bud and stock are then wrapped with soft twine 

 or a strip of cloth or raffia, as shown at e. If the bark carrying the bud 

 retains its natural color and does not shrivel in a few days, it is said to 

 have taken and the wrapping should be loosened a little, but not removed. 

 When growth starts freely, the wrapping is removed and the stock cut 

 away about half an inch above the growing shoot. 



Grafting Methods. Illustrations are -also given of several popular 

 methods of grafting, the ways to shape the scions and to make the cuts or 



Whip or Tongue Graft a, cut in stock; b, cut in scion; c, scion in place. 



splits in the stock being sufficiently indicated by the drawings. The wrap- 

 pings in the case of grafts should be more firmly applied because usually 

 new growth will be considerably postponed and because the cleft wood 

 needs to be firmly held to contact with the scion from which it is apt gen- 

 erally to part by shrinking or drying. To aid in preventing this, and to 

 exclude air so that the scion shall not perish by drying, waxing is almost 

 always used in grafting above ground. Good wax is sold in cakes or 

 packages by seedsmen and the amateur will usually need too little to 

 warrant cooking up the ingredients himself. The writer has always found 

 it very convenient to have on hand a wide-mouthed bottle of liquid grafting 

 wax, made as follows : 



