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sand, and kept in a cool cellar, where neither heat nor 

 frost can penetrate. Twenty-four hours previously to 

 being used, they should be taken up, and that part which 

 had before been in sand should be laid in water." 



These directions are excellent, and only very slight 

 vacations seem to be desirable. In making the split in 

 the stock, it may be necessary to smooth some rough 

 threads ; but it would be unwise to cut or pare " to a 

 sufficient size for the reception of the scion." The split 

 will open with a wedge quite sufficiently for the recep- 

 tion, and it is very desirable that the stock should bind 

 firmly. In case the scion is large, and the stock very 

 stiff, a thin paring may be taken from the split, and also 

 the scion may be shouldered, as seen in fio-. 20. 



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I think the scion is unnecessarily long as recom- 

 mended by Chaptal, two eyes being quite suffi- 

 cient. Instead of commencing the cut for the 

 wedge an inch beneath the lower eye, it is better 

 to begin the slant very near the base, and on 

 each side of the eye; so that, when the scion 

 is in its place, the lower eye will be just out- 

 side the cleft of the stock. The advantage of 

 this form consists in securing the thicker deposit 

 of cambium, which is found at the base of an Fig< 19 ' 



