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THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



They are then wrapped firmly when they are ready to 

 be packed away in the cellar, if in winter, or planted at 

 once" if in early spring. 



Fig. 30, Fig. 31, Fig. 32. 



A number of methods of wrapping are employed — 

 some using paper or thin cotton cloth, waxed and cut 

 into narrow strips, while others prefer cotton warp drawn 

 through melted grafting wax. When waxed material is 

 used it is unnecessary to tie. The operation may be suc- 

 cessfally performed without tying or using wax, by wrap- 

 ping firmly with soft cotton strings so as to fasten one 

 end of the string as the wrapping proceeds, the other end 

 being looped when it it finished. 



Grafting in this way may be done all through the win- 

 ter, the grafts being packed away in damp soil, moss or 

 sawdust and kept till spring, but as it requires some care 

 to maintain the proper degree of moisture, it is better, 



