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tie danger of failure if the cions are healthy and in propei" condition. StoHg, 

 firm one-year-old wood should be used for this purpose; that which is about 

 one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch in diameter is the most suitable. 



The apple, pear, plum, and cherry may be grafted in the manner we have 

 described, and by almost any one who will try. 



Grafting Wax. — There are a great many recipes given for making 

 grafting wax, but the following is, in our opinion, the best: To four pounds 

 of resin and one of beeswax add one pint of linseed oil; put in an iron pot, 

 heat slowly, and mix well. Pour into cold water, and pull by hand until it 

 assumes a light color; work into sticks, and put into a cool place until 

 wanted. In using, oil the hands, work the wax until soft, and press it tightly 

 around the graft and over the cracks. If the day be warm, it is better to oc- 

 casionally moisten the hand* 

 with water. 



Grafting tlie Wild 

 Cherry. — The common 

 black cherry regarded as 

 *' wild " can be grafted with 

 other and best varieties as 

 easily as cherries usually 

 are. Many of these trees, 

 which produce the poorest 

 kind of frait, can all be top 

 grafted, and may be made 

 to yield an abundance of ex- 

 cellent fruit. Only healthy 

 trees should- be selected for 

 grafting, and the cions 

 should be in the best condi- 

 tion. 



Transplanting Large 

 Trees. — Many and various 

 are the reasons for trans- 

 planting large trees. Many 

 persons desire to remove 

 from the forest to their own 

 grounds trees of twenty or 

 more feet in height for farming, new ornamenting, screens, or shade. Trees 

 of more than four inches in diameter should be removed with a ball of earth 

 attached. This operation is easily and safely performed in two different 

 ways, as the accompanying figures indicate. When the trees are to be re- 

 moved long distances, the plan iised in Fig. 1 should be adopted. First dig 

 around and loosen the tree, cai-e being taken not to injure the roots by dig- 

 ging too near the tree. Place the connecting pieces (M) of the standards 

 (R R) against the tree, to which fasten by ropes winding cloths or matting 

 about the tree, to prevent breaking the bark. One horeo attached to the 

 rope (B) will easily raise the tree and ball of earth and place it upon the 

 stone boat or drag (P), upon which it may be transplanted long distances 

 iwithout injury. It may be removed from this vehicle to the hole prepared 

 for its reception by the same process. 



Another quite common method is to use the rear wheel and axle of a 



TBANSPLANTING LABOE TREES FIG. 1. 



