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used in the compound did not counteract the action of the oil 

 on the wound, the wound would never heal. 



Of the several modes of grafting spoken of in our introduc- 

 tory remarks on grafting, we shall only recommend two for 

 practical use, viz.: Skin and Cleft grafting. Having everything 

 in readiness, composition, scions, implements, strips of cloth, 

 thread to tie with, etc., Skin grafting is performed after this 

 fasliion : — Saw off the stock horizontally with a fine tooth 

 saw, clean and smooth; and cut the scion on one side, about an 

 inch and three-fourths long ; make a shoulder at the top of the 

 cut on the scion, and a slit in the bark of the stock to admit it. 

 Care should be taken that the slit in the bark of the stock does 

 not exceed in length the cut on the scion ; raise the bark from 

 the stock and insert the scion between the bark and wood ; have 

 the slioulder rest on the stock ; then apply the composition all 

 over the wound, wrap a strip of cloth (cotton) about three 

 inches wide around it firmly two or three times and tie 

 with small thread. We have heard objections to this mode of 

 grafting, on account of the graft being blown off before growing 

 firmly to the stock. Nevertheless we have tried it with suc- 

 cess, and found it makes a strong perfect union, when the scion 

 has grown as large as the stock. Cleft grafting is performed 

 by sawing the stock, as in skin grafting, clean and smooth ; 

 then the stock is split by holding the grafting-knife in the cen- 

 tre and striking lightly with a hammer, use the chisel on the 

 knife to keep the split open until the scions are inserted, one on 

 each side ; cut the scion in the shape of a wedge to fit snugly 

 the split in the stock, and have a bud on it close to the stock 

 on the outside ; when this is done insert the scions firmly in the 

 stock, and see that the inner barks of both scion and stock 

 comes in perfect contact ; then apply the composition, as in the 

 case of skin grafting, and fill every crevice to exclude air and 

 rain water ; wrap a strip of cloth two or three times round it, 

 and tie with thread as in skin grafting ; success will depend 

 on good fitting and clean cutting. 



In large stocks an inch and a half in diameter or more, two 



