1 ' THE LEAVES OF THE TREE were FOR THE HEALING OF THE SiTIOSS. " 55 



ever it is deemed advisible. Infected and other vines as also fruit tree 

 may thus be vitalized, and insect pests-including the pbvlioxe a des- 

 troyed by a current of electricity derived from any suitable battery 

 dynamo, or storage supply. If all the vines in a row are to follow the 

 *?!&*i *H el ' tnc ^_s may be run and attached thereto in tl 



h i, ' If some of e e- are 



in a healthy state, they may be left out of the circuit and the current 

 diverted to the weaker or more sickly ones, as represented at Figure 3. 

 In such case the connecting loop or length of wire is dispensed with or 

 removed and the main wire passing by the healthy vines may be com- 

 pletely insulated therefrom by means of an extra over-lapping tube or 

 rubber sleeve .F covering the part where the connecting loop or length is 

 usually attached, Such an arrangement is shown at Figure 4. Figure 5 

 shows another arrangement whereby several tiers or rows of vines may be 

 charged with electricity from a single battery or series of batteries. In 

 the latter figure all the electric wires start from the positive pole of the 

 battery and return after winding round the vines in the circuit to a root G 

 connected with the negative pole. This is thought to be a most economical 

 as well as effective way to apply the electric current. 



While infected vines and "fruit trees are purified, vitalized and 

 strengthened by the application of electricity, they will be found to be 

 still more benefited and more completely cured if treated at the same time 

 with an emulsion composed of potash, flower of sulphur and water in the 

 following proportionspotash 2 Ibs.; flower of sulpus 3 Iba.; water 5 gal- 

 lons. The potaeh is disolved with a little linseed oil; the sulphur antf. 

 water are boiled twenty minutes in a covered boiler; then all the in- 

 gredients are mixed and stirred together. The boiler must be kept well 

 covered and wood only used to stir the compound. 



When this emulsion is used in the treatment of vines, the earth around 

 the butts should be well puddled with it to beneath the upper roots and 

 all infected leaves sprayed therewith. 



To cleanse blight diseased orchards, the following directions should be 

 followed: 



1. Carefully clear away the earth from round the buts of infected trees 

 for a distance of about one foot from the ground surface down to the top 

 of the upper roots, and with a soft brush liberally paint round the buts 

 from the roots to about fifteen inches above the ground with the emulsion, 

 also moistening the top roots and round the bottom of the opening with the 

 mixture. 



2. Leave the cleared out parts open, and with a suitable hose or hand 

 watering-can satuiate the ground with water round the opening for a 

 distance of about eighteen inches, avoiding the opening. 



3. Should the upper parts of the trees be blighted or otherwise affected, 

 spray such with the emulsion. One application will suffice, but may be 

 repeated, as the emulsion has a specially nourishing effect on vegetation. 



4. On day following examine the moistened parts round the openings 

 for dead or dying insects. Repaint the buts and root tops. Also moisten 

 the bottom of openings, then fill in openings with roughly powdered char- 

 coal, over which place a liberal supply of eucalyptus leaves held in position 

 by rough little sapling triangle frames or by short cuttings of saplings. 



During a locust invasion, vines, olives and fruit trees may be thorough- 

 ly protected until the said fringes and belts of eucalypti mature, by spray- 

 ing them with the above described emulsion, aided by the eucalypti leaves 

 round the buts. 



