. A domestic cyclopædia of practical information ... wded or bound together. 3—The third requisite is attained by closeexamination with the eye. 4—-The fourth is accomplished by graftingwax, or grafting clay. An excellent grafting waxis made of three parts of rosin, three of bees-wax and two of tallow. The wax may be directlyapplied when just warm enough to run, by meansof a brush; or it may be spread thickly with abrush on sheets of muslin, which are afterwards,during a cold day, cut up into plasters of con-venient size for applying; or, the wax, whencold, may be worked up with wet hands, and
. A domestic cyclopædia of practical information ... wded or bound together. 3—The third requisite is attained by closeexamination with the eye. 4—-The fourth is accomplished by graftingwax, or grafting clay. An excellent grafting waxis made of three parts of rosin, three of bees-wax and two of tallow. The wax may be directlyapplied when just warm enough to run, by meansof a brush; or it may be spread thickly with abrush on sheets of muslin, which are afterwards,during a cold day, cut up into plasters of con-venient size for applying; or, the wax, whencold, may be worked up with wet hands, anddrawn out into thin strips or ribbons, and wrap-ped closely around the inserted graft ; in allcases success is more certain when the wax isclosely pressed so as to fit to every part, andleave no interstices; and it is indispensablethat every portion of the wound on the stockand graft be totally excluded from the externalair. In cool weather, a lantern, chafing dishor hot brick, will be found necessary to softenthe plasters before applying
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