NEW VINE SCOURGE. 
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APPENDIX. 
By the last mail lias been received March papers 
containing valuable information regarding the cultiva- 
tion of the vine, which is of vita] importance to vine 
growers, more particularly M. Ban-all's easy remedy for 
the Phylloxera, the blight now so much dreaded by 
vignerons. « M. Barrall has made public the nature of 
the composition of a powder adapted to destroy that 
devastating insect, the phylloxera. It is made of one 
part of native sulphur of mercury, five parts of sulphur 
or sulphate of lime, eight of chalk, and eight of flower 
of sulphur. This powder can be put on by means of 
the bellows which are used for cleaning the vines." 
M. Dumas and M. Cornu have also turned their 
attention to the same pest, which has already been 
pretty largely treated of by the Australian press. 
1st July, 1873. 
