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5. Small holes made with a stick, about 10 inches apart, from 
6 to 30 inches round the tree, and Bordeaux Mixture poured in, 
at the rate of about half-a-gallon to each tree. A fortnight after 
about 3 lbs. of slack lime hoed in. 
This method was brought under my notice by Mr. McClymont, 
of New South Wales, who applied it successfully to Emperor 
Mandarins, four years old. 
The encouragement of a healthy growth by drainage and 
manure where necessary is the sovereign remedy. In bad cases 
the tree should be removed and burnt, and the soil disinfected 
before replanting. Wherever a tree has died from this cause it 
should not be allowed to remain and rot in the ground, and thus 
spread the disease in the soil, but be carefully rooted up and 
burnt. 
