98 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. 



A favorite recipe, with a practical nurseryman of great 

 experience, is : 



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Rosin, Biz pnrti!, 



Bees-wax, one part, [• melted together. 



Tallow, one part, 



This is to be used warm, when grafting in the house. 



For out-door work he used the following : 



Rosin, fonr or five parts. 



Bcc8-wax, one and one-balf to two parte. 



Linseed oil, one to one and oce-lialC 



This is made into a mass to be applied by hand. A very 



pleasant and neat mode of using the wax is to pour it 



when melted, upon thin muslin or strong paper, and spread 



it thin with a spatula. The tissue is then cut into strips 



of convenient size. The application to cotton yarn for 



root-grafting, has already been mentioned. 



The French use the preparation given below, sufficiently 



warm to be liquid, but not so hot as to injure the tissues 



of the tree, and apply it with a brush : 



Black pitch 28 parts. 



Burgundy pitch 28 " 



Bees-wax 16 " 



Grease 14 " 



Yellow ochre 14 " 



Making 100 parts.* 



Mr. I)u Breuil also refers to Leport's liquid mastic in 

 terms of commendation, but speaks of it as a secret 

 composition. 



Downing recommends melting together : 



Bees-wax 8 parts. 



Rosin 3 " 



Tallow a " 



* Du Breuil, Culture of Fiuit Trees ; English Translation. 



