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THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



Fig I. 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 4. 



lating of the sap of the stock with that of the graft. The 

 graft is bound to its proper place, as seen in Fig. 4, with bass 

 matting, when it is covered with clay, or composition, to keep 

 out wet, sun, and air, from having any action on it until pro- 

 perly united, when the compost may be taken off, and the 

 bandage loosened, to allow the graft to swell. When this is 

 omitted, grafts are often much injured by the bandage cutting 

 through the bark, and they are often blown down in this con- 

 dition by the wind. 



Cleft grafting is performed by cutting off the top of the 

 stock and splitting it down the centre, so as to admit the 

 graft, which is cut in the form of a wedge, and inserted in the 

 same manner as represented by Fig. 7. When inserted, it 

 must be bandaged, and treated in the same manner as recom- 

 mended for the whip graft. 



