PROPAGATION. 



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form the bond of union in cementing them together. In 

 both these methods, but especially in the first, the parts 

 must be held together in co-aptation by some kind of 

 bandage ; this is generally composed of grafting wax, 

 spread upon cloth or paper, or even, as now extensively 

 practiced, upon fine thread. Cotton yarn No. 3 is drawn 

 through melted grafting wax, and as it cools, it is wound 



A, B. c. D. 



Fig. 9. DIFFERENT STEPS IN CLEFT GRAFTING. J., SCION PREPARED 

 FOR SETTING. IS, THE CLEFT OPENED BY A WEDGE. C, THE SCION IN- 

 SERTED. J9, SECTION OF STOCK AND SCION TO SHOW THE CO-APTA- 

 TION OF THE PARTS OF THE TWO. 



upon a reel at the other side of the room, whence it is 

 drawn as wanted by the grafter or tyer. Tying or wrap- 

 ping is always a good precaution, and when the splice or 

 cleft graft is not very close, it becomes necessary ; but 

 thousands of grafts will unite equally well where the 

 parts are covered with earth, without any such appliance. 

 CLEFT GRAFTING is generally done when the stock is 

 larger than the scion, and also where the operation is per- 



