of the Malabar Cardamom. 247 jd 
posure, from the largest trees being left standing here and iere; 
had produced the same effects as elsewhere. In the. very middle 
of the stockade, and on the site of the barracks, l had the 
curiosity to reckon the assemblage of stems on two plants, one 
of which sent forth twent: six and the other thirty-two, both 
fertile in the usual proportioi . I found likewise that high sum- 
mits and steep declivities were. alike favourable to the prosperity 
of the plants; for the stockade itself was built on the declivity 
of a high range, and the alleys mbàtipned led in osariona: itd: 
ang | down the steepest slopes. — Py PTS. 
_ All this ought to convince us, that. pica at dinipusy i in- 
stituted, and properly prosecuted, are alone wanting to extend 
the Cardamom farms over a much larger space ; and that more- 
over, by the knowledge acquired in the course of this expe- 
rience, we should most probably attain to some. ‚essential Ze, 
picket in an modes of cultivation: at pees adopted. . 
A Cardo plant about three 
apna size. 7 je a 
tr ri which was 12 feet: base 
rer habit, pro- 
portion, 
