( 3* ) 



ib perfectly clofe, that neither fun, wind, 

 or wet may enter, which would render 

 the whole ineffectual. 



Cleft- Grafting is performed by cleav- 

 ing the dock. It is generally intended 

 for large flocks, an inch or two diame- 

 ter, cutting off the head at the height you 

 defign the Item, doping one fide about 

 an inch in lengeh, and with a ftrong 

 knife, placed crofs-ways at the top of 

 the ilock and (loped part, cleave it for 

 the admiflion of the graft, wedging the 

 cleft open until the graft is inferted ; 

 •which is previoufly to be fhortened to 

 five or fix inches, and the lower end 

 Hoped on two fides near two inches long ; 

 one edge made thicker than the other, 

 and thereof the rind preferred entire, 



then 



