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ease from gaining entrance by spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture or some other fungicide. If the fungicide be 

 properly prepared and applied, it should be efficacious. 

 The method of making Bordeaux mixture is as 

 follows : 



1. Put twenty-five gallons of water in a wooden 

 or crockery vessel (not a metal one) and hang five 

 pounds of copper sulphate (blue stone) contained in 

 a cloth bag in the water, so that the bottom of the bag 

 is slightly below the surface of the water. This is the 

 quickest way to dissolve the sulphate. Don't dump the 

 sulphate in so that it goes to the bottom, because this 

 is the slowest way of all to get it dissolved. 



2. In another vessel, slake four pounds of the 

 freshest and best stone or shell lime, using only a little 

 water until the lime is dissolved. Strain the liquid 

 through fine burlap or coarse cloth and dilute with 

 water until the total quantity of water present is 

 twenty-five gallons. 



3. These two liquids may be mixed in the pro- 

 portion of gallon for gallon, the lime solution being 

 stirred before mixing, and both thoroughly stirred 

 while being mixed together. While being applied they 

 should be kept stirred up to prevent settling. The 

 shorter the time between the time of slaking the lime 

 and the mixing with the sulphate, and also the shorter 

 the time between the mixing of the two solutions and 

 applying to plants, the better, because the particles will 

 not have much chance to become large and hard. The 

 finer the particles, the better. 



4. When applied to plants the finest nozzle 

 obtainable must be used. The Vermorel is perhaps 

 the best. 



5. Now, make no mistake: this spray must be a 

 spray, not a dribble, nor a drizzle, nor a squirt, but a 

 mist. It must look like a little fog at the end of the 

 hose and must reach every part of the plant, partic- 



