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put in. The best method to employ is the following ; 

 a strip of wood with a notch in it is put across the top 

 of the hole with the notch against the marking stick, 

 which is withdrawn and the plant kept in the notch till 

 the hole is filled. This latter method of planting is 

 advisable; the plant can then be put in the soil in the 

 right place; with planting with a dibber the neck of the 

 root often gets too low, because as the earth is rammed 

 in, the plant goes down with it. Hevea is very sensitive 

 to this ; great care has to be taken that the stumps are 



FIGURE 16. 

 Badly planted tree. 



Compact earth, represented 



by dark shading. 

 Loose earth, represented by 



light shading. 



i .... 



never planted deeper than they originally were in the 

 beds. Furthermore the planting with this notched strip 

 has the advantage that it is easier to see whether the 

 tap-root is straight down in the soil. 



One objection to the first method of planting is, that 

 when the earth is filled in often only the surface soil is 

 rammed down and that the subsoil remains loose, so that 

 later on, when the dry weather comes, the soil round the plant 

 becomes a separate clod and does not consolidate in one 

 whole; this is called "Kawin" in Java, (see fig. 16). 



