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ia rapid ; while the wound on the stock is speedily covered by a 
new layer of bark from that part of the scion which stands 
astride it. 
Grafting clay is prepared 
by mixing one third horse- 
dunsr free from straw, and 
two thirds clay, or clayey 
loam, with a little hair, like 
that used in plaster, to pre- 
vent its cracking. Beat and 
temper it for two or three 
days, until it is thoroughly 
incorporated. When used, 
it should be of such a con- 
sistency as to be easily put 
on and shaped with the 
hands. 
Grafting wax of excel- 
lent quality we have made 
by melting together three 
parts of bees-wax, three 
Darts of rosin and two parts 
allow. While yet warm 
may be worked with the 
aid of a little water, like 
shoemaker’s wax, by the 
hand. The common graft- 
ing wax of the French Fig. 6. Saddle grafting large stocks. 
gardeners is of two kinds. The first, is melted and laid on with 
a brush in a fluid state, and is made of half a pound of pitch, 
half a pound of bees-wax, and a pound of cow-dung boiled to- 
gether. The second, which is spread while warm on strips of 
coarse cotton, or strong paper, and wrapped directly about the 
graft, answering at once to tie and to proteet it, is composed of 
equal parts of bees-wax, turpentine and resin. The grafting wax 
most commonly used here is made of tallow, bees-wax, and resin, 
in equal parts, or, as many prefer, with a little more tallow to 
render it pliable. 
Grafting wax is a much neater and more perfect protection 
than grafting clay, but the trifling cost of the latter, where a 
great deal of work is to be done, accounts for its greater use by 
nurserymen, and gardeners generally. 
Budding. 
Budding (inoculating, of the old authors) differs from common 
grafting not the least in its nature or effects. Every bud is a 
distinct individual, capable of becoming a tree under favourable 
