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sequence. Good drainage, and an atmosphere not too 

 moist, would remove, probably, the evil. 



Bleeding. — This only occurs to the vine, from the 

 unhealed surfaces of cuts made after the sap has 

 commenced its motion, and before the leaves are well 

 expanded. A red-hot iron, applied to the bleeding 

 surface until it be charred, will stop the effusion of 

 sap for a time, if not permanently, and to effect a 

 complete stoppage at once, coat the charred surface, 

 and rub well into it, a paste made of lime newly 

 burnt and grease. This hardens and forms an effec- 

 tual plaister. 



Two other plaisters have been suggested ; the first 

 of which, by the late Mr. Knight, we know to be ef- 

 fectual, but of Sir John Sebright' s we have had no 

 experience. 



One fourth of calcined oyster-shells, beaten to fine 

 powder in a mortar, and three-foruths of cheese, 

 worked together, until they will form a sort of paste ; 

 this mixture pressed into the pores of the wood, either 

 with the thumb or any other means, will effectually 

 stop the flow of the sap ; sometimes a repetition may 

 be necessary, if it is not well forced into the pores. 

 {Hort. Trans, i. 102.) 



Sir John Sebright' s cement consists of four parts 

 rsein, one part bees-wax, and one part fine brick-dust, 

 melted and well mixed together. The mixture is to 

 be applied whilst hot and liquid. (Gard. Chron. 

 1844, 280.) 



