yo The Horticulturist's Rule- Book. 



Waxed String and Bandage, continued. 



This material is strong enough, and at the same-time breaks 

 so easily as not to injure the hands. Any of the resin and 

 beeswax waxes may be used. \Vhen the string is used it 

 should be warm enough to stick without tying. 



19. Waxed Cloth. — Old calico or thin muslin is rolled on 

 a stick and placed in melted wax. AVhen saturated it is al- 

 lowed to cool by being unrolled on a bench. It is then cut in 

 strips to suit. 



5. Waxes for Wounds.— 



20. Any of the more adhesive grafting-waxes are excel- 

 lent for dressing wounds, although most of them cleave off 

 after the first year. Stiff and ochreous paints are also good. 



21. Coal-tab. — Apply a coating of coal-tar to the wound, 

 which has first been pared and smoothed. If the wound 

 contains a hole, plug it with seasoned wood. 



22. HosKiNs' Wax.— Boil pine-tar slowly for three or four 

 hours ; add 3^ lb. of beeswax to a quart of the tar. Have 

 ready some dry and finely sifted clay, and when the mixture 

 of tar and wax is partly cold, stir into the above-named 

 quantity about 12 ozs. of the clay; continue the stirring 

 until the mixture is so stiff, and so nearly cool, that the clay 

 will not settle. This is soft enough in mild weather to be 

 easily applied with a knife or spatula. 



23. Sch^fell's Healixg-Paixt.— Boil linseed oil (free 

 from cotton-seed oil) one hour, with an oz. of litharge to each 

 pt. of oil ; then stir in sifted wood-ashes until the paint is of 

 the proper consistency. Pare the bark until smooth, as the 

 fuzzy edge left by the saw will cause it to die back. Paint 

 the wound over in dry weather, and if the wound is very 

 large, cover with a gunny-sack. 



24. Tar for Bleeding ix Vines.— Add to tar about 3 or 4 

 times its weight of powdered slate or some similar substance. 



25. Hot Iron for Bleeding in Vines.— Apply a hot iron 

 to the bare surface until it is charred, and then rub into the 

 charred surface a paste made of newlj^-burnt lime and grease. 



26. — Collodion for Bleeding in Vines. — In some extreme 

 cases 2 or 3 coats will be needed, in which case allow the 

 collodion to form a film before applying another coat. Phar- 

 maceutical coUodion is better t^an photographic. 



