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managed, in future years, according to the 

 discretion of the primer. When the stock is 

 very small, it is necessary to bind the joint, by 

 tying it with bass-matting. Every part of 

 the joint should now be protected from the 

 weather, by covering it with grafting clay or 

 wax. When the scion is set just at the sur- 

 face of the ground, a little mound of earth 

 may be heaped over the joint, as a substitute 

 for the clay or wax. 



When the stock and scion are of about the 

 same size, the operation may be reversed, the 

 cleft being made in the scion, and the stock 

 wedge-shaped and fitted into it. This mode 

 is called saddle- grafting. A little wood 

 should be pared out, on each inner side of the 

 cleft of the scion, so as to fit it better to the 

 stock. 



Splice- grafting. This is done very neatly 

 and perfectly, upon stocks which are of the 

 exact size of the scion. Cut off the stock, with 

 an upward slant of an inch or more in length, 

 and the scion with a similar downward slant ; 

 tie the two firmly together with bass-matting, 

 always fitting their inner barks, or sap-vessels, 

 to each other; next, cover the joint with wax 

 or clay, and you have performed one of the 



