The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . that any deleterious effectshave followed the application of the tar to placeswhere this has inadvertently been done. 1 con-sider the gas-tar method both cheaper and saferthan fumigation with cyanide of sodium. F. , Upton Gardens, Alresford. I have proved that it is quite safe to use the mixture recommended by Mr. Whytockon p. 219 for the destruction of mealybug on vines, or an even stronger one;but it is important that the compoundbe properly mixed. It should be startedin very small quantiti
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . that any deleterious effectshave followed the application of the tar to placeswhere this has inadvertently been done. 1 con-sider the gas-tar method both cheaper and saferthan fumigation with cyanide of sodium. F. , Upton Gardens, Alresford. I have proved that it is quite safe to use the mixture recommended by Mr. Whytockon p. 219 for the destruction of mealybug on vines, or an even stronger one;but it is important that the compoundbe properly mixed. It should be startedin very small quantities, and the ingredientswell rubbed together. I have cleaned bothvines and Figs with the mixture without anyunfavourable results to the trees. The vinesshould not be scraped, but the rough bark maybe rubbed off with the hand, and the stems thenwashed with a strong solution of Gishurst Com-pound. This compound should be used threetimes before the tar and clay are applied. Thelatter must be well worked in with a stiff paintbrush, and kept away from the eyes and theyoung i.\ood. A. B. Fig. 107.—hippeastrums SHOWING THE ACCELERATED GROWTH INDUCED BY BACTERISED PEAT.(See Horticultural Club, p. 295.) each of the three vineries there. I applied thesame treatment to them, with excellent results;there was soon but little trace of the pest, andthe Grapes did not suffer in any taking charge of the gardens here last autumnI found the Grapes quite white with mealybug; they had to be washed before being sentto table. The vines were in a weak state, andhad (until the season of 1912) suffered badly frommildew. I cleaned off all the loose bark, especi-ally round the spurs, and scrubbed the rods witha scrubbing brush, using a mixture of soft soap(2 ozs.) and sulphur (2 ozs.) in a gallon of vinery was then well scrubbed with softsoap and water, and afterwards syringed withparaffin wherever it could be used with walls were whitewashed with hot lime, andthe rods
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