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age. No. 18 knitting cotton soaked in melted beeswax 

 is excellent for tying together these two pieces. It is 

 not necessary that the entire cut surface should be cov- 

 ered with the wrapping material. After the operation of 

 grafting is over, these little grafts may be packed 

 away in sand, kept a trifle moist. When the time 

 comes for planting out in the spring it will be found 

 that the stock and cion have grown together or united 

 slightly. The ground which is to receive these grafts 

 must be moderately rich and well fined. The entire 

 stock and the greater portion of the cion should be cov- 

 ered with soil and this well firmed around the plant. In 

 a short time there will be a little tree of the same variety 

 as the tree from which the twig or cion was taken. If we 

 had planted the seed from this tree instead of grafting its 

 twigs, the young plants would probably have been unlike 

 the parent plant. If we had planted the twigs directly 

 in the o^round instead of attachino^ them to stocks, we 

 would find that they would not readily grow roots. This 

 is why we resort to graftage instead of cuttings when 

 propagating fruit trees. 



Notes to the Teacher. 



1. Assist the pupil in discovering as many specimens of the an- 

 nual, biennial and perennial types of plants as are to be found in 

 the neighborhood. 



2. Explain to the pupil what is meant by the cambium- layer,, 

 using twigs from fruit trees. 



3. Take a shoot from the grape vine and show what is meant 

 by a node and an internode. 



4. See that the terms stock and cion are clearly understood. 



5. Assist the pupils in making some whip grafts. When each 

 pupil has had practice in making a number of these, store away 

 the grafts according to directions and set them out in the spring. 

 Have the pupils make careful notes of the condition of the grafts 

 before storing, at the time of planting and at least once each • 

 month after growth commences. 



