CHAPTER VII. 



WAXES FOR GRAFTING AND FOR WOUNDS. 



1. Common resin and beeswax -waxes. 



1. Reliable Wax. — Resin, 4 parts by weight; bees- 

 wax, 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, either 

 for indoor or outdoor use. 



2. Resin, 4 pounds ; beeswax, 1 pound ; tallow, 1 pound. 



3. Resin, 6 pounds; beeswax, 2 pounds; linseed oil, 1 

 pint. 



4. 6 pounds resin, 1 pound beeswax, and 1 pint linseed 

 oil ; apply hot with a brush, one-eighth of an inch thick 

 over all the joints. 



6. For Warm Weather. — 4 pounds of resin, 1 pound 

 of beeswax, and from half to a pint of raw linseed oil ; 

 melt all together gradually, and turn into water and pull. 

 The linseed oil should be entirely 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 5 parts ; beeswax, 1^ to 2 parts ; linseed 

 oil, 1 to 1| parts. For outdoor work. 



2. Alcoholic waxes. 



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

 Plastic. — Best white resin, 1 pound ; beef tallow, 1 ounce ; 

 remove from the fire and add 8 ounces 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 

 partially cool by stirring, then add gradually — with con- 



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