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of tallow. Melt them well together, and pour 

 ihs mixture off into a vessel of cold water. 

 Before it hardens, work it over with the hands, 

 as you would molasses candy; and, as with 

 the clay, the more it is worked over the better. 

 Among the Dutch, a compound of equal parts 

 of cow-dung and loam, well worked together, 

 is used in preference to any other. 



T. G. Yeomans, of Walworth, N. Y., re- 

 commends the following, as a grafting-wax 

 which "will give entire satisfaction to who- 

 ever shall use it." He says he considers it 

 better, as well as cheaper, than any other 

 grafting composition known. Mr. Yeomans 

 prepares what he calls his " superior grafting 

 wax" by mixing together 1 pint Linseed Oil, 

 1 pound Bees-wax, and 6 pounds Rosin. He 

 does not inform us how the mixing process is 

 conducted, but we presume the rosin and 

 bees-wax are simmered together, over a fire, 

 and the oil added afterward. Any of these 

 compositions will answer a very good pur- 

 pose. Even a turf of grass has served to 

 protect a cleft-grafted scion, sufficiently to 

 ensure its success. But it is never advisable 

 to attempt grafting, unless one has good tools, 

 time, and patience to do the work faithfully 



