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will firft defcribe the manner of cement- 
ing on the brafs collar b , to the ftem of the 
Vine in which I have been often difappoint- 
ed, and have met with difficulties 5 it rauft 
therefore be done with great care. 
Where I defign to cut the ftem, I firft 
pick off all the rough ftringy bark carefully 
with my nails to avoid making any wound 
thro" the green inner bark 5 then I cut off 
the branch at/, (Fig. 21.) and immediately 
draw over the ftem a piece of dried fheeps- 
gut, which I tie faft, as near the end of the 
ftem as I can, fo that no fap can get by it % 
the fap being confined in the gut if: Then 
I wipe the ftem at i very dry with a warm 
cloth, and tie round the ftem a fluff paper 
funnel x i 9 binding it faft at x to the ftem 5 
and pinning clofe the folds of the paper from 
x to i: Then I Aide the brafs collar r over 
the gut, and immediately pour into the pa- 
per funnel melted brick-duft cement, and 
then fet the brafs collar into it 5 which col- 
lar is warmed, and dipped before in the ce- 
ment, that it may the better now adhere : 
When the cement is cold, I pull away the 
gut, and ferew on the glafs tubes. 
But finding fome inconvenience in this 
hot cement (becaufe its heat kills the fap 
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