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the bottom. This tongue is cut off at 
a point that will come just below the bud 
when the shield is slipped down under it. 
The shield should have as much of its 
cambium layer in its upper two-thirds, 
in contact with that of the stock, as pos¬ 
sible. Wrap the bud well and leave so 
until well healed in. 
INARCHING. 
Inarching is the process of grafting 
by approach. It is sometimes done to 
bridge a girdled place on a tree trunk 
and bring about a new connection be¬ 
tween the cambium of the top and root. 
Since the cold of February, 1895, it has 
been practiced largely by orange 
growers in using the several sprouts 
that put up from the roots of 
frozen trees to brace and furnish 
an increased sap supply to the buds by 
inarching the former into the latter. 
Much is undoubtedly gained by this, 
provided the work is done low enough 
to allow of covering in the callusses with 
banking of earth in the winter. Where 
this was not done, it has often proved a 
source of weakness through the bark 
being loosened by cold at the junction. 
There are several ways in use in in¬ 
arching, the simpler ones being to make 
a cut in the bark of the bud, or surface 
that is to receive the sprout, as if to re¬ 
ceive a shield bud, having the perpendic¬ 
ular cut above the horizontal one. Now 
cut off the sprout on a slant at a height 
that allows of its being slipped under the 
bark by entering at the cross-cut. 
When adjusted so that all the cut surface 
comes in contact with the peeled part 
of the trunk, nail it in place with a slim 
wire nail. This prevents its working 
loose on windy days, as it is apt to do 
when wrapped only. They will usually 
heal in without wrapping, but it is often 
best to wrap them and stick an orange 
thorn under the wrapping at each side 
of the sprout. With a larger sprout the 
top can be bevelled from both sides, a 
cut made into the wood of the stock and 
this end fitted to it so that a lip comes 
down over and matches the outer bend, 
then nail in place and wrap. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Porcher—As to wax Mr Hart 
gave me a recipe which is of the highest 
value. It makes the finest wax I ever 
used; so pliable that it can be applied 
with a brush. The wax that is ordi¬ 
narily used is composed of three pounds 
of rosin, two pounds of beeswax and one 
of tallow. Then take one pound of this, 
heat it hot, take it away from the fire 
and add three gills of alcohol; this makes 
a most perfect wax; so that the same 
wax that you use for other purposes can 
be used for the finest work with the addi¬ 
tion of three gills of alcohol to the pound 
—a wax as smooth and fine as varnish. 
Major Fairbanks—I would ask Mr. 
Hart whether he has found the spring or 
fall grafting the most successful in the 
long run ? 
Mr. Hart—I will say that I have never 
found spring budding unsuccessful until 
this year, but it has this year been un¬ 
successful in a great many cases. I 
don’t think I see any difference as to the 
success of the two. Skilful budders will 
succeed in the spring and the fall too. 
But I like dormant buds in the fall, and 
I think you gain by it, as you do it at a 
time in the year when you are more at 
leisure. In the spring you are busy 
packing oranges, working the groves, 
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