56 TILLERING IN INDIAN SXJOARCAKF.S 



C!<:|> T,ini0, M.I <!.<,'i "r^i snjJi'j v.iial jiMjii.T u.ca "^u;) iiviij;>.i. ..iLijiii^ Lll6 JlOt, dry 



summer months, and at what stages the rains attained their maximum and 

 ceatied to flood the ground. Tlie rooting and shooting of the canes in damp 

 climates hi often avoided by trashing, or pulling off the adherent but dying 

 leaves, and it would be worlh while considering the desirability of trashing 

 oaues in North India duriuii; the rains, in places where these defects are most 

 marked. 



Besides the nounai branching of the cane, due to the protrusion of the 

 ordinarv buds on the joints, cases of abnormality are iiot infrequently met 

 with, caused by irregularity in the bud development. Here and there canes 

 have been met with where the joints have been altogether devoid of buds, 

 and Kaghze han been uEx».A!i«ATi!dN t>1r Fi>at& iXcollection as especially liable 

 to this deformhv. ii':^ .wivi^^i; sK w.; i.iaii'-biii^r can take place. In others, 

 double or tiip:P^1^^v^'iM i?frf ^"ff^yMM WP^mgle bud, and in the 



md^'^ mmk of^tar fe^>fe (Sy^^hS^i ^M fe^^' ^skf^^"^^ *^' 



prdnri^ .-It Uals-ea, each 



,, 2. Incipient doubling, shown by brpadexuQg of the bu4s aad dupli^ition , , 



rh'Mi '>!<>L<^^-.r.;. :. ,, • .-a;Tv. Gii pa^i*^ uoxvii llTe .stem, mu^ oouble 

 ^ of some of the bracts. . ", ^ ,' , . . , , . , , 



,^ 1^ . A cas^ ,of dichotoBipue branching. A drawing has been made of eaa^^^^^ 

 Bide of the same piece of cane. The buds of the two branches «p^ t 



, . ^ preceded, below, by ^ broad one, showing incipient doubliaa. , , 



■ ripie biidis, on« was nofea as being exti't-niT;iy ivuiii.i; ;i; 7?? uevelopment, 



' ,:s preserved because of its interesting nature. .Viler four years of 



ovP: 111-' same abnormality can be seen, showing that it is a heredit- 

 the seedling whe.u propagated by cuttings. 



But the most striking and frequent case of abnormal bud formation is 



when thev are irregularly produced in different parts of the .stem \vithout any 



regard to the usual position. They are often met with in the root zone, for 



here there is, more or less permanently, meristematic tissue, but they may 



also appear at almo.st any part of the joint. They may arise direct from the 



IS of the stem, but more usually they are preceded by the formation 



I ! egular maSvS of callus, over which the buds are distributed unevenly, 



■ :r from mere pin points of tissue to fully formed buds with scaly leaves. 



, Lonstrou^. ; e thus produced, some of which have been selected 



ition on Piates X and XL They would appear to be commoner 



■■ ^^ '■'"••^-■- — ......;,vy^ although t' :■ ^ • ^ " ^und sporadically 



va,n het stiiken-iet. Afxkiefr. d. Suihtivd- in Ned. Ind-t Maart, 1916, 



