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" does not remember the exact date, but says they 

 "were planted about ten years ago ; they are cut- 

 " tings from the tree at the big pagoda, and were 

 " taken by earth wrapped round the branch instead 

 " of cocoanut.* These, as well as all the trees here 

 " were planted in sandy soil, They have never been 

 " tapped, but a storm broke one of them some years 

 " ago. They are looked after by worshippers of 

 "the Buddhist faith. 



" No. 1 measures — 



" Girth measured 8' from ground ... 1' 

 " Ditto thickest aerial root T±" 



"No. 2— 8 



" Girth measured about 8' from the ground. l'f 

 "Ditto thickest aerial root ... 4±' 



" Height of these trees, about 15 feet ; ordi- 

 " nary roots tend to a surface growth. 



" The aerial roots on these trees are very numerous, 

 " so also are they on the tree at the big pagoda. I 

 " should have mentioned that the tree at the big 

 " pagoda (the oldest tree), when first planted, was 

 " about 8 inches high, has never flowered or given 

 ' seed (nor have any of the others), and, according 

 " to the Burmese, it foliates and defoliates on alternate 

 " months throughout the year. 

 "Mh.— The tree at the Shoay Palindaw Pagoda was planted, 

 " in the Burmese year 1233 (1871) in Kasoung (May) 

 " so that it is three years and one month old. It 

 " is a cutting from the Shoay Sandaw tree: height 

 " approximate, about 10 feet ; girth of stem, 8f inches, 

 " aerial roots, very small. They say it was simply 

 " a cutting from a branch which was planted in sandy 

 " soil and bricked round. It was watered every four 

 "or five days during the dry weather, and it has 

 " never been tapped. All these trees are protected 

 "by brick-work, and there is little shade around 

 "them. Some of them are protected from the 

 " evening sun by peepul trees, or pagodas, &c. The 

 " stem and leaves are some of them slightly covered 

 " with gold leaf at the present time by the people, 

 " as a mark of reverence. They do this whenever 



* This system is known in India as Gootee graft. 



