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AlcohoUc Waxes (Alcoholic Plastic with Beeswaxj, continued. 



grafting-room it wiU remain sufficiently plastic to permit 

 applying to the cut surfaces with the finger. 



10. Alcoholic Plastic with Turpentine.— Best white 

 resin, 1 lb.; beef tallow, 1 oz. ; turpentine, 1 teaspoonful; 

 add enough alcohol (13 to 15 fluid ozs. of 95 per cent, alcohol) 

 to make the wax of the consistency of honey. Or, less alco 

 hoi may be added if the wax is to be used with the fingers 



3. Frencli and Pitch Waxes.— 



11. Common French. -Pitch, 3^ lb.; beeswax, 3^ lb., 

 cow-dung, 1 lb. Boil together, melt and apply with a brush. 



12. Common French Bandage Wax. —Equal parts of 

 beeswax, turpentine and resin. While warm spread on 

 strips of coarse cotton or strong paper. 



13. Grafting Clay.- ^ cow-dung, free from straw, and 

 % clay, or clayey loam, with a little hair, like that used in 

 plaster, to prevent its cracking. Beat and temper it for two 

 or three days until it is thoroughly incorporated. When 

 used it shoulf' be of such a consistency as to be easily put on 

 and shaped with the hands. 



14. 2 lbs. 12 ozs. of resin and 1 lb. 11 ozs. of Burgundy 

 pitch. At the same time, melt 9 ozs. of tallow; pour the 

 latter into the former, while both are hot, and stir the mix- 

 ture thoroughly. Then add 18 ozs. of red ochre, dropping it 

 in gi-adually and stirring the mixture at the same time. 



15. Black pitch, 28 parts ; Burgundy pitch, 28 parts ; bees- 

 wax, 16 parts ; grease, 14 parts ; yellow ochre, 14 parts. 



16. Black pitch, 28 lbs. ; Burgundy pitch, 28 lbs. : yellow 

 wax, 16 lbs.; suet or tallow, 14 lbs.; sifted ashes, 14 lbs- 

 When used, warm sufficiently to make it liquid. 



17. Melt together \}i lb. of clear resin and % lb. of white 

 pitch. At the same time melt 3^ lb. of tallow. Pour the 

 melted tallow into the first mixture, and stir vigorously. 

 Then, before the stufE cools, add, slowly stirring meantime, 

 X lb. of Venetian red. This may be used warm or cold. 



4. Waxed String and Bandage.— 



18. Waxed String for Root-grafting.— Into a kettle of 

 melted wax place balls of No. 18 knitting-cotton. Turn the 

 balls frequently, and in five minutes they will be thoroughly 

 saturated, when they are dried and put away for future use. 



