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plants is that .the root need not be shortened. The plants 

 are therefore less subject to the depredations of white 

 ants, which often attack the root of stumps where they 

 have been shortened. 



With the planting of baskets is included also the 

 planting of dung pots. As far as I know this is not 

 done anywhere in the Malay Peninsula. 



c. Stumps. 



The third most usual method is the planting of stumps. 

 The seedlings are left about nine months on the beds, 

 until the stem has become the thickness of the little 

 ringer. The stem and the root are then shortened, the 

 former to about 2 feet, the tap-root to i 1 /^ 2 feet, the 

 side roots to stumps of a few centimeters. 



The great advantage of stumps is that care can be 

 taken that the plant is put in the ground exactly at the 

 right spot and that it is certain that the plant has a 

 sound healthy and straight tap-root ; whereas with basket 

 plants there is not this certainty. 



It is true that it takes some weeks before the stump 

 pushes out, but on the other hand the growth is quicker 

 than that of a basket plant, so that the damage is 

 quickly repaired (see fig. 6). 



5. THE PLANTING. 



With the planting itself, two different methods are 

 followed. In one, a marking stick is left in the hole, which 

 is then rilled, and a hole is made with a dibber in the 

 loose earth and the plant is put in. The other way is 

 that the hole is not filled until after the plant has been 



