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is rapid; while the wound on the stock is speedily covered by a 
new layer of bark from that part of the scion which stands 
astride it. Ba 
Grafting clay is prepared 
by mixing one third horse- 
dung free from straw, and 
two thirds clay, or clayey 
loam, with a little hair, like 
that used in plaster, to pre- 
ventits cracking. Beat and 
temper it for two or three 
days, until it is thoroughly 
incorporated, Whenused, 
it should be of such a con- 
sistency as to be easily put 
on aud shaped with the 
hands. 
Grafting wax of excel- 
lent quality we have made ( 
by melting together three | 
parts of -bees-wax, three |l/ 
parts of rosin andtwo parts [il 
allow. While yet warm | 
stmay be worked with the | 
aid of a little water, like 
shoemaker’s wax, by the 
hand. Thecommon graft- ; : 
ing wax of the French Fig. 6. Saddle grafting large stocks. 
gardeners is of two kinds. The first, is melted and laid on with 
a brush in a fluid state, and is made of half a pound of pitch, 
half a pound of bees-wax, and a pound of cow-dung bviled to- 
gether. The second, which is-spread while warm oun strips of 
coarse cotton, or strong paper, and wrapped directly about the 
graft, answering at once to°tie and to. proteet it, is composed of 
equal parts of bees-wax, turpentine and resin. The grafting wax 
most commonly used here is made of allow, bees-wax, and resin, 
in equal parts, or, as many prefer, with a little more tallow to 
render it pliable. 
- Grafting wax is a much neater and more perfect protection 
than grafting clay, but the trifling cost of the latter, where a 
great deal of work is to be done, accounts for its greater use ); 
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_hurserymen, and gardeners generally. 
Budding.. 
Budding (inoculating, of the old authors) differs from common 
grafting not the least in its nature or effects. Every bud is a 
distinct individual, capable of becoming a tree under favourable 
