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facilitate work, and a sprig of the male shaken over 

 it, then stuck in it and tied in place by a piece of 

 string, so that if some of the female flowers have not 

 yet opened they may still be pollinated by the wind. 

 That is all there is to it. 



The work at this season of the year requires 

 constant and conscientious supervision, however, for 

 if the female clusters are not pollinated very soon after 

 the spathe bursts, they usually become unreceptive. 

 An inspection of the plantation every other day during 

 the flowering season would probably suffice, but if a 

 grower has only a few trees he can easily keep track 

 of them every day. When he has pollinated a cluster, 

 it would be convenient to tie a bright colored piece of 

 cloth to it, so that he would not be confused as to 

 which clusters he had pollinated and which he had not. 



