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Spot " at Mildura, resulting from the over-abundant moisture of the last 

 two seasons, necessitates prevention of summer infection by means of 

 copper mixtures applied in early spring, and supplementary to the winter 

 swab; spraying has thus acquired an importance at Mildura such as has 

 been quite unknown during the past 25 years. Mildura growers must 



Fig. 1. — Cazenave's Brush Sprinkler (from P. Viala— 

 Maladies de la Vigne, 1st Edition, 1887. 



Fig. 2. — Japy's Brush Sprinkler (after Viala). 



also remember that it is extremely probable that they will ere long have 

 to reckon with the Downy Mildew fungus, which, during the currency of 

 the present summer, has found its way from Eutherglen to the Lilydale 

 district, Whittlesea, Sunbury, the Goulburn Valley, and, no doubt, a 

 good many other localities. 



