METHODS OF GRAFTING 



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Melt one-quarter pound of resin over a gentle fire. Add to it one- 

 quarter ounce of beef tallow, and stir it well. Take it from the fire, let it 

 cool down a little and then mix with it a teaspoonful of spirits of turpen- 



Graft in Bark. 



Cleft Graft. 



Side Graft. 



tine, and after that add about two ounces of very strong alcohol. The 

 alcohol cools it down so rapidly that it will be necessary to put it once 

 more on the fire, stirring it constantly. Great care is necessary to avoid 

 igniting the alcohol. 



This wax is easily prepared, and when well corked will keep for 

 months. It is put on the wounded part of the tree, and the tip of the scion, 

 and soon becomes as hard as stone. It is valuable not only for grafting, 



Cleft Graft at Root-Crown. 



but for covering the scars caused by removing limbs in pruning. A fairly 

 good liquid wax may be made by omitting the turpentine in the above 

 formula. 



