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manner and used at any time in winter. A common shoe 

 knife, which may be purchased for 10 or 15 cents, makes an 

 excellent knife for root grafting, when kept sharp. The 

 stock and scion must be kept in place until they unite. For 

 this purpose grafting cloth is perhaps the best means ; it is 

 easily made, as follows: — 



For grafting cloth, melt together over a slow fire 4 parts 

 of unbleached resin and 1 part of beef tallow or raw linseed 



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PLAIN WHIP-GRAFTING 



oil. Spread this evenly over cotton cloth with a brush or 

 stick. Tack the cloth over a board or box. Keep it warm, 

 so that the mixture may be spread evenly. When cool, roll 

 and tie up. Keep in a cool, moist place until needed. When 

 used, it should be cut in strips about Vl inch wide. There 

 are four simple methods of root grafting, viz., whip graft- 

 ing, tongue grafting, saddle grafting and veneer grafting. 

 In each case it is necessary to get the growing tissues, the 

 cambium layers, to coincide ; if they do not, they will fail to 



