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Tying.—As soon as the scion is inserted it should be carefully 
and tightly tied in either with raffia, wick cotton or narrow strips 
of calico strong enough to allow of tight binding. The method is 
shown in Fig. 3. : 
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Ae = a 
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= [Begs S\ ww 
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Oy —— 
Z 
Fig. 4. 
Tying the Graft. When to remove Bandage (Grasby). 
Waxing—After the graft has been well bound, the top end of 
the scion and the whole of the binding should be covered with a 
coat of grafting wax. By careful and effective binding I have had 
erafts take without the wax. The use of waxed ealico for binding 
renders after-waxing unnecessary. Everyone knows that the great 
point in getting a graft to take is to prevent the rapid drying of 
the sap at the wound. J believe an effective result can be obtained 
by thoroughly enclosing the graft with grafting clay, but it has to 
be remembered that in March the air is very dry, and for that reason 
the grafting wax, besides being less troublesome, is more effective. 
