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to the tap root; plants where this has grown crooked, 

 are not suitable for putting out. As mentioned before, all 

 yellow leaved plants and stragglers must be destroyed. 



In Java, where the plants are put out as stumps, cuttings 

 are sometimes used, so that the upper part of the trunk 

 can be utilised, doubling the number of available plants ; 

 this method of obtaining trees can only be applied to 

 young plants; cuttings from older trees are no use. 

 In the native states cuttings are never used; the abun- 

 dance of seeds makes such a difficult method of obtaining 

 more plants quite unnecessary. 



The planting up of the nurseries can be arranged 

 according to the following rules : 



1. The seeds are put out to be germinated in gunny 

 bags or on the soil, covered with hard grass. 



2. As soon as the radicle has appeared, the germinated 

 seeds should be pressed into the ground, so that 

 they are just covered. 



3. The beds should be made in virgin soil, dug up 

 1 1/2 feet in depth, and provided with paths of 

 the same depth. 



4. The beds are watered only when necessary, and 

 only shaded at the beginning. 



5. The stumps are suitable for planting out, when 

 they are a finger's thickness ; the stem should be 

 shortened i 2 ft. (two buds), the tap root to be 

 of a similar length. 



