flowers of sulphur

British  

plural noun

1. minute crystals of sulphur obtained by condensing sulphur vapour on a cold surface

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flowers of sulphur

Heaths.—If mildew appears, dust them with flowers of sulphur.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane

To a gallon of this paint add 1 lb. of flowers of sulphur and 2 oz of soft soap.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various

Repeated applications of the flowers of sulphur over the bushes, from the time the fruit sets until it is ripe, are probably the best preventive.

From Success with Small Fruits by Edward Payson Roe

Evaporated sulphur, or flowers of sulphur dusted upon the leaves will also help.

From Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell

Then fill the shell with a mixture made of three parts of very dry pounded nitre, one part of flowers of sulphur, and a little saw-dust well sifted.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown