VACCINATING TREES.
In a Consular report issued from the Washington of Manufactures, it is stated that in order to prolong the life of exhausted trees, it has been recommended to vaccinate the trunk with a solution of sulphate ( of iron, which is used in the socalled anaemia of chlorosis of the grape vine. A Russian scientist, Mr Sigismund Monrjetzki, had made minute scientific experiments with reference to the results of such vaccinations, and by employing coloured x solutions he has shown that the solution never , enters into the old wood. It only follows the young growth, but it penetrates into the roots down to a depth of about 39 inches, while, on the other hand, it penetrates up to the top of the tree. It is, therefore, deemed best to vaccinate the tree through a single opening of the neck of the root, and it should serve not only for the introduction of nutritive substances, but also of such liquids as, by killing certain bacteria, tend to cure diseases of the plant.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8377, 11 March 1907, Page 3
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172VACCINATING TREES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8377, 11 March 1907, Page 3
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