AND FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY. 47 
A few weeks after, when the parts have been thus partially inured 
to the air, and when there is no danger of the scion being blown 
off by the wind, the whole of the bandages should be removed. 
WEDGE, OR SADDLE-GRAFTING. 
This operation consists in cutting off the top of the stock at any 
desired height and slitting the same in the centre to the depth 
of three inches, as shown in fig. 12. The graft should be from 
a 
three to four inches in length, and have at least two eyes. This 
mode of propagation was once in high repute, but, at present, is 
seldom resorted to. It does not make as fine a finish as either 
of the other methods, and is very likely to break off from high 
winds. Having thinned off the wood from each side of the same, 
so as‘to enter the slit in the stock readily, fiting the outer rind or 
bark of the scion in close contact with that of the stock, bandage 
with matting or twist, and cover the whole with tempered clay or 
grafting-wax, and treat as described for whip-grafting. 
