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cups to make grafting w.ix stick. This will mix with beeswax and 

 give the elasticity needed for winter work (in the South). Also it is 

 unaffected by a temperature as high as 120 degrees. He uses a 

 mixture of liigli grade rosin, beeswax and pine gum with which 

 pieces of cloth are saturated. Gum should be obtained in tlie spring 

 when it is purest. It is thin enough to pour out. 



Dr. Zimmerman said that he had tried pine gum with paratfine 

 and it would not mix. 



Prof. Hume said that beeswax .can be had in various shades up to 

 pure white. 



Dr. ^lorris said that black grafting wax attracts heat and ex- 

 cludes actinic rays. He prefers a translucent wax. 



Prof. Hume stated that in the country where Jacksonvalle, Florida, 

 is there are 100 miles of roadway under construction which will be 

 })]anted with nut trees where possible. He added that once when he 

 was ill for a long time the doctor finally ordered a glassful of milk 

 and a handful of pecan kernels for his diet. He tried it and it worked. 



Dr. Zimmerman said that for grafting wax he had used equal 

 parts of paraffin, stearic acid and beeswax with good results. 



Dr. Morris stated his belief that the simple splice graft is the 

 strongest kind. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION 



Sept. 28th. 



The chairman of the Committee on Incorporation was called upon 

 for a report and spoke as follows: 



Mr. Littlepage: Under the Code of the District of Columbia 

 there is a provision of law whereby any educational, scientific or 

 charitable association can be incorporated and become a body corporate 

 with all of the rights of any other corporation, so far as the corporate 

 entity and liability is concerned. The provision of the District Code 

 is a very liberal one and drafted to encourage such societies as this. 

 The committee therefore thought it better to incoriwrate under this 

 provision of the law tlinn under that of some other stite. 



The advantages of incorporating a society of this kind are several. 

 It makes the action of the organization that of a legalized corporation 

 and takes away liability of individual mem'bers. If anyone should 



