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abundant nourishment from the stock instead of 

 just water. It may be that some other swelling buds 

 besides those of the hazels may be treated success- 

 fully by cutting them in half and covering the bud 

 stump with paraffin. The cutting back of a bud and 

 covering the stump with paraffin appears to hold 

 back growth for a long enough time until graft 

 union can take place in the case of the hazels. 



Scions which come from a long distance by mail 

 are usually found to be either too dry or too moist 

 when they are received. The proper packing ma- 

 terial has not been employed. Loose moss of the 

 sort to be obtained from a florist or in the woods 

 may be very slightly dampened and distributed 

 among the scions. Waterproof paper will serve for 

 the first layer of wrapping and then over all strong 

 coarse paper finishes the package. If no moss is 

 available soft cloth slightly moistened may be used 

 in its place. I have experimented to a limited degree 

 by covering scions completely with melted paraffin. 

 This served to keep them in good condition for sev- 

 eral weeks without other protection than a covering 

 of dry sawdust. The method may perhaps be ex- 

 tended for preparation of cuttings that are to be 

 sent on long journeys by mail. Scions which are 

 to be used for mediate grafting will make a good 

 start if they are a bit drier than normal when put 

 in place. Bud grafting, however, introduces a ques- 

 tion of getting the bark away from the wood of a 

 cutting if the material has been long in storage. 

 When a cutting is found to be "barkbound" the bark 



