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  growth 
  into 
  the 
  bud, 
  and 
  I 
  suppose 
  95 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  those 
  buds 
  lived 
  ^ 
  

   on 
  the 
  trees 
  not 
  cut 
  back 
  the 
  buds 
  did 
  not 
  live. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  You 
  have 
  spoken 
  about 
  soaking 
  the 
  scions 
  in 
  

   cold 
  water 
  ; 
  does 
  not 
  that 
  injure 
  the 
  buds 
  ? 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  told 
  here- 
  

   tofore 
  that 
  keeping 
  the 
  scions 
  in 
  water 
  started 
  the 
  cells 
  into 
  activity 
  

   and 
  rendered 
  them 
  less 
  likely 
  to 
  grow 
  ; 
  but 
  perhaps 
  that 
  referred 
  

   particularly 
  to 
  scions 
  for 
  grafting 
  rather 
  tlian 
  budding. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Wiggins 
  that 
  question, 
  

   he 
  is 
  a 
  specialist. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins 
  : 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  dangers 
  in 
  keeping 
  bud 
  wood 
  is 
  that 
  

   of 
  keeping 
  it 
  in 
  too 
  much 
  moisture. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  require 
  much 
  to 
  

   keep 
  the 
  bud 
  plump. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  I 
  understand 
  the 
  reason 
  for 
  soaking 
  is 
  simply 
  

   to 
  allow 
  the 
  bud 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  off. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  Yes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  In 
  our 
  experience 
  the 
  soaking 
  of 
  wood 
  does 
  not 
  

   injure 
  it 
  for 
  budding, 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  for 
  grafting. 
  You 
  can 
  soak 
  the 
  

   wood 
  for 
  budding 
  all 
  you 
  want 
  to, 
  we 
  have 
  soaked 
  it 
  until 
  the 
  top 
  

   bud 
  came 
  out. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  I 
  am 
  interested 
  in 
  knowing 
  about 
  this 
  special 
  

   wax 
  cloth. 
  Can 
  it 
  be 
  used 
  also 
  in 
  grafting 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  The 
  other 
  is 
  much 
  cheaper 
  for 
  that 
  purpose. 
  

   To 
  just 
  cover 
  the 
  thing 
  up 
  and 
  exclude 
  the 
  air 
  is 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  necessary 
  

   in 
  grafting. 
  Liquid 
  wax 
  — 
  four 
  of 
  rosin, 
  four 
  of 
  tallow 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  

   beeswax 
  — 
  gives 
  excellent 
  results, 
  but 
  for 
  budding 
  purposes 
  it 
  is 
  

   absolutely 
  essential 
  to 
  have 
  good 
  clean 
  wax, 
  and 
  for 
  our 
  purposes 
  

   we 
  have 
  never 
  found 
  anything 
  but 
  pure 
  beeswax 
  would 
  answer. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  substance 
  called 
  ' 
  ' 
  white 
  wax 
  ' 
  ' 
  which 
  

   pharmacists 
  use 
  in 
  making 
  toilet 
  preparations 
  — 
  purified 
  beeswax. 
  

   It 
  is 
  pure 
  white. 
  Is 
  that 
  any 
  advantage 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  use 
  it. 
  It 
  contains 
  some 
  paraffine. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  It 
  should 
  consist 
  of 
  purified 
  and 
  bleached 
  bees- 
  

   wax 
  only. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  expensive 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  beeswax. 
  

  

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  title.] 
  

  

  UNUSUAL 
  METHODS 
  OF 
  PROPAGATING 
  NUT 
  TREES 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Robert 
  T. 
  Morris, 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  and 
  the 
  almond, 
  much 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  has 
  been 
  experienced 
  in 
  propagating 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  of 
  

   temperate 
  latitudes 
  by 
  budding 
  or 
  by 
  grafting. 
  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   largely 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  slow 
  formation 
  of 
  callus 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  make 
  new 
  cell 
  

  

  