46 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
nearly the same size, and is performed at the same time 
of year as the preceding. The stock is cut off with an 
upward slope, making the exposed wood perfectly smooth ; 
a cion of two to four inches long is cut off with the same 
slope as the stock, and fitted to it, being careful to have 
the wood and bark on one side fit exactly. It would be 
better if both did, but this can not be done unless the cion 
and stock are of an exact size, which it would be difficult 
to always have. <A small cleft or split may be made in the 
stock and cion about midway on the slope, forming a 
jj a tongue on both; these are then inserted 
il} one into the other, which will hold the 
| cion firmly in its place. Fig. 12 shows 
the operation better than words can de- 
scribe it: c, the stock; 6, cion; a, bud 
on cion, the union being formed by a 
| tongued splice; d shows a cion without 
|| being tongued. The common splice with- 
j out the tongue is the best for the coarse, 
brittle woods; but when it is fine-grain- 
ed and tough, and cuts smooth, then the 
tongue can be employed with benefit. 
The junction between the stock and graft 
should be covered with waxed cloth 
wound around tightly, so that it shall 
Fig. 12. hold it firmly in place. 
GRAFTING-WAX, 
There are as many different recipes for making grafting- 
wax as there are modes of grafting, yet I have not learned 
