PROPAGATION BY BUDDING, GRAFTING, ETC. 25 



Fig. 13. Fig. 11. Fig. 12. Fig. 10. 



Cleft Grafting is an easy though clumsy mode, rarely prac- 

 tised, except on limbs or branches too large for whip grafting. In 

 this the scion is cut like a wedge, sloping on both sides. The stock 

 is split with a grafting chisel or large knife,which is drawn to one side 

 and holds open the split while the scion is pressed in, so that the albu- 

 men or inner barks match, when the chisel or wedge is drawn away. 



Wrapping or Tying. After the operation of grafting is per- 

 formed, bass bark, or bass matting, or soft woolen, or cotton yarn, 

 is then wrapped around to retain them perfectly in their places. 

 Where small trees or roots are engrafted, and to be planted in nur- 

 sery-rows, this is all that is necessary ; but when grafting is performed 

 on standard trees, it is best to cover the matting with a wax, made in 

 the following manner : 



Grafting Wax. 4 parts rosin, 3 parts beeswax, 3 parts lard. 

 This should be well incorporated together, while warm, strips of cot- 

 ton cloth dipped into it, and when cold, cut to the length and width 

 required for the size of limbs you are to engraft, will facilitate the 

 labor, and when this is done, the first tying of bass mat or woolen 

 string, may be dispensed with. 



Grafts which have become dry, may be restored if the moisture is 

 applied so gradually that its absorption may require several weeks. 

 In one instance shoots cut early in autumn, and subjected to tho- 

 rough drying, were restored to perfect freshness by the next spring, 

 by wrapping them well in moss and burying them in a dry spot of 

 ground ; and being set, they all grew. 



Scions for sending to a distance, are usually packed in damp 

 moss, saw-dust, or fibrous peat. They may be sent by mail, within a 

 very small compass, with great safety, by enwrapping them with 

 oil-silk or thin oil-cloth, drawing it closely round them to include 

 the moisture, by means of small thread. 

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