CHAPTER VII. 



Waxes for Grafting and for Wounds. 



Common Resin and Beeswax Waxes.— 



1. Reliable Wax. — Resin, 4 parts by weight, beeswax, 2 

 parts, tallow, 1 part. Melt together and pour into a pail of 

 cold water. Then grease the hands and pull the wax until 

 it is nearly white. One of the best waxes. 



2. Resin, 4 lbs. ; beeswax, 1 lb. ; tallow, 1 lb. 



3. Resin, 6 lbs. ; beeswax, 2 lbs. ; linseed oil, 1 pt. 



4. 6 lbs. resin, 1 lb. beeswax and 1 pt. linseed oil ; apply 

 hot with a brush, one-eighth of an inch thick over all the 

 joints. 



5. For Warm Weather.* — 4 lbs. of resin, 1 lb. of bees- 

 wax, and from half to a pint of raw linseed oil ; melt all to- 

 gether gradually, and turn into water and pull. The linseed 

 oil should be entirelj^ free from cotton-seed oil. 



6. Resin, 6 parts ; beeswax, 1 part ; tallow, 1 part. To be 

 used warm, in the house. 



7. Resin, 4 or five parts ; beeswax, 13^ to 2 parts ; lin- 

 seed oil. 1 to 1}4 parts. For outdoor work. 



Alcoholic Waxes.— 



8. Lefort's Liquid Grafting Wax, or Alcoholic Pla?- 

 Tic. — Best white resin, 1 lb. ; beef tallow, 1 oz. ; remove 

 from the fire and add 8 ozs. of alcohol. Keep in closed bottles 

 or cans. 



9. Alcoholic Plastic with Beeswax. Melt 6 parts 

 white resin with 1 part beeswax ; remove from stove and par- 

 tially cool by stirring, then add gradually— with continued 

 stirring— enough alcohol to make the mixture, when cool, of 

 the consistency of porridge. In the temperature of the 



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