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three times, at a week's interval, with cement and sulphur mixed ill 

 equal proportions. 



Cancerous Anthracnose of the Vine. 



P ourridie, or Mouldy Root of the Vine. 



MOULDY ROOT (POUBRIDIE). This disease is named from the 

 French word pourrir, to rot. I have noticed it in a few vineyards 

 on badly-drained ground, at Corowa, Tamworth, and on the Rich- 

 mond River in New South Wales, and at Jarrahdale in this State. 

 It is difficult to eradicate. In this disease the roots are covered 

 with a white mould which causes them to rot, the consequence 

 being, first, a falling off in the yield per acre, and, finally, the death 



