48 THE AMATEURS’ GUIDE 
CLEFT-GRAFTING. 
This method is frequently resorted to for standard roses. The 
stock used for this purpose should be larger than the graft.. The 
graft should be selected from well-ripened wood, and cut into 
lengths of three or four inches, having at least two or three eyes 
or buds. In performing the operation, the stock having been cut 
down to the desired height, insert the point of the knifg at @ in 
fig. 13, nearly to the centre or pith of the stock, and draw it 
downward, in an oblique direction, one and a half inches below 
the top of the stock. Again insert the knife at b, making a cor- 
respoding cut, so that it terminates at a point, (c,) cutting out a 
piece of the stock, and forming an opening in shape like the letter 
V. The graft (d, in fig. 14,) should then be cut to fit the opening 
Fig. 13. 
in the stock as near as possible, and the-inner rind or bark of both 
stock and graft should be brought into exact contact, as shown in 
fig. 15, to insure success. Secure with matting or cotton twist, 
and cover the juncture with tempered clay or grafting-wax. As 
soon as the graft begins to make new wood, the bandages should 
be loosened; and, if the wound is healed they may be removed. 
