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indicated the special treatment which they demand, and we 

 have now only to generalise onr principal directions. Keep 

 a constant watch on the bandages. As they develope them- 

 selves, the scions must be tied np to stakes, poles, or props of 

 some kind. The simplest way is to attach a flexible rod by 

 its two ends to the stock, arranging it in whatever manner the 



"Mode of tying up and securing the Mode ot tying up several Grafts 



Graft on a tall Standard. on the same Stock. 



yonng shoots may be most conveniently fastened to it. 

 Eemove all buds from extraneous shoots of the stock ; the 

 stronger the stock, and the more distant these shoots are from 

 the graft, the more rigorously should this rule be carried out. 

 Any insects which have taken up their abode in the fissures 



