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angles, it will always be easy to ascertain the 

 number of plants in each bed by simple measure- 

 ment. Thus, a bed three feet and a half wide by 

 twenty-eight in length, with plants at four inches 

 apart, would contain about 1200, or sufficient to 

 cover an acre planted at six feet by six feet. 



When the climate is hot, it will be necessary to 

 erect a "pandall," or awning, to protect the young 

 plants from the sun during the dry months. This 

 may be done in a very rough manner, by laying 

 green branches out of the jungle over a framework. 

 The shade must, however, be removed on the 

 approach of the rainy season, otherwise the drip 

 will prove injurious to the plants, which, moreover, 

 will be strengthened by such sun and air as they 

 are likely to get at this time of year. 



In order to keep up the nursery from year to year, 

 seedlings can be raised in fresh beds, and then 

 transplanted into it, after it has been well dug up 

 and enriched with a little rotten dung or compost. 

 The soil of the nursery is just as well not to be too 

 rich, otherwise the plants will be apt to suffer from 

 the change if put out into one of poorer quality. 

 Some planters are strongly of opinion that the seed- 

 lings should be brought up in the same soil as that 

 in which they are afterwards to dwell, and that, con- 

 sequently, plants brought from a distance are less 

 promising than those raised on the spot. 



