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have been drawn up for the current year, and copies of same will shortly 

 be available on application. 



Beyond the necessary alterations of dates (substitution of 1918 for 

 1917, &c.), the conditions are much the same as for last season. There 

 is no alteration in price. 



The time within which applications will be received remains as it was 

 last year, as will be seen below. Applicants are required to finally 

 decide, when filling in their application forms, as to their stock and scion 

 requirements; no' amendment can be permitted later. 



It will suffice here to explain that resistant vines are supplied to in- 

 tending planters in any of the following forms, and at the prices stated; 

 packing extra in the case of consignments f orwarde"cl by rail : — • 



Resistant rootlings, grafted with scions previously supplied by 



applicants, at per 1,000, £6. 

 Resistant rootlings, ungrafted, at per 1,000, £1 10s. 

 Resistant cuttings, at per 1,000, 15s. 



Application Forms. 



No application will be entertained unless made on the forms supplied 

 for the purpose, which are obtainable from the Director, Department 

 of Agriculture, Melbourne, or from the Principal, Viticultural College, 

 Rutherglen. 



Separate forms are j^rovided for (a) Grafted Rootlings (ft) Ungrafted 

 Rootlings and Cuttings. Applications must be filled in on the proper 

 forms. 



Each applicant for forms will be supplied with a copy of the de- 

 tailed conditions governing the distribution of phylloxera-resistant vine 

 rootlings and cuttings. 



Applicants are earnestly requested to thoroughly familiarize them- 

 selves with these. They are warned that under no circumstances can 

 any departure he 'permitted from the regulations governing the dis- 

 tribution as detailed therein, nor^ can any request for special considera- 

 tion he entertained. 



Dates before which Applications must be made. 



For Grafted Rootlings (1919 distribution, June to August inclu- 

 sive), applications will be received until 30tli June next. (For the 

 1918 distribution the time for receiving applications closed on 30th June, 

 1917, and present applicants cannot be supplied until 1919.) 



For Ungrafted Rootlings, to be distributed from July to August 

 inclusive, 1918, apjjlications will be received until 31st July, 1918. 



For Cuttings (see conditions), applications will be received until 30th 

 June, 1918. 



Supplying Clean Districts; 



Rootlings and cuttings cannot be sent from nurseries in phylloxer- 

 ated districts to clean districts. A limited number of clean ungrafted 

 rootlings are, however, available for distribution to clean districts. 

 The price charged is £2 per 1,000, packing extra. Applications for these 

 will be received by the Principal, School of Horticulture, Burnley, until 

 1st June, 1918. 



