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Principles of Plant Culture. 



For whip-grafting (390), where waxed cord, cloth or 

 paper is used, the beeswax may be omitted from the 

 above formula, or one-half more tallow may be added. 



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Fig. 104. Fig. 105. Fig. 106. Fig. 107. Fig. 108. Fig. 109. Fig. 110. 



Fig. 104. Grafting knife. This should be of excellent steel. Tho 

 curve In the blade is not essential. 



Fig. 105. Clon used for whip, root or cleft grafting, one-fourth 

 natural size.. 



Fig. 106. Seedling root, used in root-grafting, one-fourth natural 



Fig. 107. Clon shaped ready for insertion, reduced nearly one-half 



Fig. 108. Portion of seedling root, shaped to receive the cion. 



FIG. 109. The clon and portion of root, put together. 



Fig. 110. The same as Fig. 109, wrapped with grafting paper. 



