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mentioned as a remedy, but only as indicating 

 the sensitiveness of the microscopic plant. Small 

 as it is, we must resort to more powerfid meas- 

 ures to hold it in check. The fumes of burning 

 sulphur are destructive to all forms of vegetable 

 life. But the slow oxidizing of sulphur will give 

 off a gas which proves fatal to such delicate 

 growth as mildew, without perceptible injury to 

 the foliage of the vine. Hence the well-known 

 remedy of dusting the foliage with flowers of 

 sulphur upon the first appearance of mildew. 

 Should the weather continue damp and warm it 

 may be difficult to prevent the spread of the dis- 

 ease, but there is no doubt it can be greatly 

 held in check. A kind of bellows is made which 

 will facilitate the even distribution of the sul- 

 phur among the leaves. This remedy is called 

 in question by high authority, and it must be 

 admitted that in wet weather, when mildew is 

 most prevalent, a very inadequate amount of 

 sulphurous gas is supplied in the open vineyard 

 from such dusting. A more effectual and speedy 

 remedy will be found in a solution made as fol- 

 lows : To a peck of quicklime add five pounds 

 of sulphur, and slack with hot water in a barrel, 

 keeping a full supply of water, to prevent burn- 

 ing. Afterwards fill the barrel with water, ^md 

 let it settle. This liquid may be lightly syringed 



