ooe'a timet and docs far better work than could 

 ever be done by the old method. 



If the wax should prove to be too toft atid 

 •ticky» as it sometimes the case in very warm 

 .weather, melt it over again with more resin 

 added. If too brittle, add a little more linseed 

 oO so as to bring it to the right consistency to 

 spread well, and at the same time *'set*' well oo 

 cooling, it gives the most satisfactory results 

 when about the cooaisteDcy of ordinary chewing 

 gum. 



Properly applied, the wax serves as a valuali. 

 protective and germ-excluding dressing, com- 

 parable in its fimction to the aseptic dressing 

 applied by the surgeon to wounds or after oper- 

 ations. 



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There is one form of grafting which differs so 

 radically from other methods that it is oftt 

 thought of and spoken of as if it were a totally 

 different method. This is ''budding"; that is to 

 say, the process of transplanting a single bud 

 from one tree to another. This is really only a 

 special case of grafting; it differs from oth* 

 methods only in that in ordinary' grafting tiic 

 cion usually has several buds instead of a singK' 

 one. As a practical procedure, therefore, hue 

 ding has the advantage of supplying several 



