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CHAPTER IV. PLANTING 30 



1. Methods of planting 30 



2. Number of trees per acre 32 



3. Holing .36 



4. Planting in various ways 37 



a. Seeds at stake 38 



b. Basket plants 38 



c. Stumps 39 



5. The planting 39 



B. THE UPKEEP OF THE PLANTATIONS. 



CHAPTER V. THE UPKEEP OF THE GARDEN .... 45 



1. Weeding 45 



a. Clean weeding 45 



b. Partly cleaned gardens 46 



2. Cover plants 47 



a. Plants which assist in the drainage of the soil 47 



b. Plants which improve the soil 48 



c. Plants which protect the soil against wash. 48 



d. Plants which destroy other weeds ... 49 



3. Dirty gardens 50 



CHAPTER VI. CATCH CROPS 52 



1. Requirements from catch crops 52 



2. Catch crops in the Malay Peninsula ... 53 



a. Cassava (Tapioca) 54 



b. Sugar cane as catch crop 55 



c. Vegetables and other cultivations ... 56 



3. Shrubby plants as a catch crop ..... 57 



