GRAFTING WAX. 115 
winter the scions are prepared, the stocks grafted, 
and carefully packed away with moist earth or sand, 
until they are planted in the open ground the follow- 
ing spring. If they grow well, the nurseryman 
gains one year over budding. The stocks and 
scions must be prepared and put together with great 
care. They are fastened by winding around the 
stock narrow strips of strong paper or muslin, 
coated with grafting wax and well secured. 
Grartiva Wax.—A neighbor, who, for the past 
twenty years, has been very successful in grafting in 
this vicinity, makes his own grafting wax. He uses 
the following materials, in the relative proportion 
named : 
4 Ibs. white rosin. 
1 “% bees wax. 
1 pint of linseed oil. 
These substances are put into an iron vessel and 
heated until they can be thoroughly mixed by stir- 
ring. The compound is then thrown into cold water, 
and worked by hand in a similar manner to drawing 
molasses candy. 
At first the wax will be dark brown, but when 
. sufficiently worked the color changes to a light yel- 
low. The wax is then formed into round sticks, 
three or four inches in length and one in diameter. 
It may be kept in water until wanted for use. 
