VI. PLANTING. 



and it is not amiss to finish this work by washing the 

 joined parts with a little soap and water, using a small 

 painting-brush for the operation. All these things done, 

 you have now only to guard against high winds, which, 

 if the plants be not staked as is above described, will 

 very likely be broken off by them, and, in this work of 

 destruction, you will have the mortification to see the 

 finest of your plants go first. 



210. Cleft grafting. This, as I said above, is a species 

 of grafting adopted in cases where the stock is large, or 

 where it consists of a branch or branches of a tree 

 headed down. In either of these cases, saw off horizon- 

 tally the part you wish to graft, and smooth the wound 

 over with a carpenter's plane or a sharp long-bladed 

 knife (plate 4. fig. 1). 



PLATE 4. 



FIG. 1. FIG. 2. FIG. 3. 



Prepare your scion in this manner : at about an inch and 

 a half from the bottom, cut it in the form of the blade of 

 a razor, that is, make it sharp on one side and let it be 

 blunt at the back, where you will also take care to leave 

 the bark whole (plate 4. fig. %. a). Having thus pre- 

 pared the scion, make a split (plate 4. fig. 1. a.) in the 



