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1 Ave., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. VII. 
2.—Sulphur, lime, and salt wash. 
Take 40 lb. of unslacked lime, 20 lb. of sulphur, 15 lb. of salt, and 50 gallons of 
water. ; 
‘Yo mix take 10 Ib. of lime, 20 1b. of sulphur, and 20 gallons of water; boil for 
not less than one hour and a-half, or until the sulphur is thoroughly dissolved, when 
the mixture will be of a light-amber colour. Slack 30 Jb. of lime in a barrel with hot 
water, and when thoroughly slacked, but still boiling, add the 15 lb. of salt; when 
this is dissolved, the whole should be added to the lime and sulphur in tie boiler, and 
the whole boiled for half-an-hour longer, when water to make the whole up to 50 
gallons should be added. Strain through a wire sieve, and keep well stirred whilst 
in use. 
3.—Bordeaux mixture. 
Winter strength—6 lb. bluestone, 4 1b. of unslacked lime, 22 gallons of water. 
Summer strength—6 lb. bluestone, 4 lb. of unslacked lime, 40 gallons of water. 
Prepare as follows (for the 40 gallons solution, the 22 gallons solution in 
proportion) :— 
(1.) Dissolve 6 1b. of bluestone in 20 gallons of cold water in one cask, by placing 
it in a bag and suspending it in the water. 
(2.) Slack 41b. of unslacked lime in another cask slowly by first pouring about 
3 pints of water over it. This will reduce the lime to a thick cream, free from 
lumps. Water should now be added, stirring well till there is 20 gallons of milk of 
lime in the cask. 
(3.) Stirthe milk of lime up well, strain it, and pour the whole of the 20 gallons ‘ 
of milk of lime and the 20 gallons of bluestone water together slowly into a third 
cask, stir well for three minutes, and if properly made the mixture is fit for use. 
4,—Any other mixture, particulars to be filled in by a duly authorised person. 
5 —Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, particulars to be filled in by a duly 
authorised person. 
SCHEDULE 5. 
This is to certify that [I or we] have duly registered [my or our] nursery situated 
at , and that {TI or we] have disinfected the plants or trees sold this day 
to , of , by one or other of the methods prescribed by 
Schedule 1 of the Regulations under ** The Diseases in Plants Act of 1896,” and 
that the said trees or plants are free from disease and are in » healthy and vigorous 
condition. 
Signed : 
Date: 
By Authority: Epmunp Gregory, Government Printer, William strect, Brisbane, 
