GENERAL NOTES ON GRAFTING. 49 
split them perpendicularly, and both scions grow, you 
will have one limb directly under another, which is al- 
ways an inconvenient and ill-looking arrangement. The 
cleft should not be more than four inches deep at the 
most. The wedge of the knife is now inserted in the 
center of the cleft, and a scion is set on each side of the 
stub. When the scion is prepared ready for setting it 
should comprise about three buds. The lower end is cut 
wedge-shaped by slicing off each side of the scion with 
an even, smooth cut. On one side of this wedge-shaped 
portion should be left one of the buds. This outer edge 
is commonly left thicker than the inner, 80 that it re- 
ceives a firmer pressure in the stub. Figure 9 represents 
a scion. 
When the scion is set this bud will be deep down in 
the side of the cleft in the stub, and will be covered with 
wax, but being nearer the source of nourishment it will 
be the most likely of any of the buds to grow, and it will 
readily push through the wax. ‘The scion is set into the 
cleft by exercising care that the inner surface of the bark 
on the scion matches the inner surface of the bark on the 
stub. A line between the bark and the wood may be ob- 
served. This line on the scion, in other words, should 
match this line on the stub. Figure 10 represents the 
stub just after the scions are set. Wax the whole over 
carefully and thoroughly. Do not leave any crack ex- 
posed. Wax which is pretty hard, and which must be 
worked and applied with the hands, is commonly best. 
For several years I have made grafting wax after the fol- 
lowing recipe, and I have found it perfectly satisfactory : 
Two pounds of rosin, one pound of beeswax, one-half 
