Mr. Spaulding stated at the late meeting of American Nurserymen, that for applying the wax in grafting, he used fine cotton yarn soaked in hot wax. The yarn is run on a big spool, and then thrown into the hot wax and left until saturated. For budding young trees in the nursery rows, and in order to work low down, he has the earth removed from the stocks immediately forward of the budders, when the bark lifts easily; but if the earth is removed some hours before, the bark ceases to lift freely. If the buds have been timely inserted, the thickening of the sap by exposure causes them to adhere better to the stock.