136 THE GRafk. 
it is requisite to keep the latter in a cool but damp place 
Where there is an ice-house, they may be laid on the 
inside upon the covering, or, in want of that convenience, 
they shouid be buried beneath the soil, in as cool a place 
as can be found. There is no occasion to enter into a sci- 
entific disquisition on grafting, or to explain the various 
methods of doing it; our object is gained in this case, if 
the best be illustrated. Cleft grafting is, perhaps, the most 
suitable, while it is also the most simple, and is as follows: 
When the shoots have grown some eight or ten inches, cut 
off the head close to the ground, smooth over the top, and 
with a knife or sharp chisel cleave down the stem about 
two inches, put in a wedge to keep it open for the time 
being, and cut the graft to fit, making a notch where it 
rests upon the stock, to keep it firm; if two be fixed in 
the same way, only each on opposite sides, there will be 
a double chance of certainty, when, if both take, the 
weakest may be cut out. Care must be used in fixing the 
graft, that the bark unites with that of the stock, for on 
this nice point all success depends. ‘Take out the wedge, 
and wrap around with soft woollen yarn, or bast-mat; 
cover over the top of the stock, and to a little below the 
graft, with grafting-wax, or moistened clay; afterwards 
heap over the whole a portion of soil, so as to form a small 
mound, leaving the top of the graft uncovered. Fig. 27 
Fig. 21. shows (a) the scion, (4) the stock, 
and (c) both, after the operation. 
way, termed Side-Graft 
ing (fig. 28), is to cut in a slant 
at hac of th aly on side ; he ng 
