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applied with more rapidity. The common for- 

 mula for making this is to melt together three 

 parts rosin, three parts pure beeswax, two parts 

 beef tallow. After melting and when partially 

 cooled, pull ad libitum, to toughen. Linseed 

 oil is a vegetable product, and perhaps prefer- 

 able to tallow. A cheaper, harder, and better 

 composition may be made of four parts rosin, 

 one part beeswax, and one part linseed oil. 

 Should this prove ' too hard in cold weather, 

 more oil may be added. A very hard wax is 

 used in the French 

 nurseries, with best 

 results. The wax 

 may be heated in a 

 skillet and applied 

 with a brush, or 

 when warmed in 

 water may be spread 

 by hand. It is im- 

 portant that every 

 exposed part, as well 

 as the cut at the end 

 of the scion, should 

 be covered with the 

 wax. Thus protected 



there is little more care, except to watch and 

 protect the future shoot and remove suckers. 



