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rolls and wrap with parafined (waxed) paper to prevent 

 the rolls from sticking together. Several other formulas 

 are in use. 



For whip-grafting (390), where waxed cord, cloth or 

 paper is used, the beeswax may be omitted from the 

 above formula, or one-half more tallow may be added. 



388. Grafting Cord is made by soaking balls of com- 

 mon wrapping twine in melted grafting wax. 



389. Grafting Paper is made by painting thin inanilla 

 paper with melted grafting-wax. For painting, the paper 

 is preferably spread out on a board of the exact size of 

 the sheet; to prevent too rapid cooling of the wax the 

 board should be heated. The wax should be heated hot 

 enough to spread easily, but not so hot that it is absorbed 

 by the paper. Thin muslin or calico is often used instead 

 of paper. 



Grafting paper and grafting cloth should be stored in 

 a cool, moist place to preserve their adhesiveness. 



Many kinds of cion grafting slightly differing in details 

 have been described, but the more important are whip- 

 grafting, cleft- grafting and side- grafting. 



390. In Whip-Grafting (splice-grafting, tongue-grafting) 

 the cion and stock, which should be of about the same 

 thickness, are both cut oif with a sloping cut, about an 

 inch long, after which a tongue is formed on each by 

 splitting the wood longitudinally a short distance (Figs. 

 107, 108). The cion is best cut behind a bud, as shown. 



In joining, the tongue of the cion is inserted into the 

 split of the stock, so that the cambium line of the cion 

 and stock (69) coincide on one edge, and the two are 

 crowded together with considerable force, after which the 



