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it is a most prudent step, and by no means expensive, 

 to apply a wash to the walls. Ordinary lime or 

 whitewash is generally used ; this, however, may be 

 coloured to any desirable tint. The most important 

 point is, to take care that abundance of sulphur is 

 mixed with the wash : it is scarcely possible to add 

 too much, remembering that a profusion of sulphur 

 gives a very yellow tint to the wash, which may 

 readily be subdued by a mixture of umber or tan 

 water, made by straining a limited quantity of water 

 through a good deal of tan. A wash of this kind will 

 destroy the eggs of numberless insects, and is one of 

 the best safeguards against the depredations of the 

 red spider, the great enemy to successful grape cul- 

 ture. These things being accomplished, and the 

 heating apparatus in order, the vine stems should re- 

 ceive a wash. Work some clay in warm water to a 

 thin paint ; add to a gallon of this, a pound of sul- 

 phur, half-a-gallon of strong tobacco water, half-a- 

 gallon of fresh slaked lime, and beat up a lump of 

 soft soap, as large as a walnut. This will be found 

 a destroyer of any eggs which may lurk in the old 

 bark of the vine, and a valuable assistance in prevent- 

 ing the ravages of the red spider. When the old 

 bark has become loose and rough, it should be 

 stripped off previous to the operation. As vines of 

 luxuriant growth are liable to bleed under the appli- 

 cation of artificial heat, it is our practice to daub a 



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