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ed has since been attempted and whenever sufficient tune 

 has been allowed for raising suitable shade, year after year 

 fine fields of vigorous and promising coffee are beginning to 

 take the place of the old -shuck and useless representatives 

 of the Chickmuglore variety. Cultivation in Mysore has 

 thus received a decided impetus and although much has yet 

 to be learntr, it is certain that the formation of good Nur- 

 series is one of the first steps towards success. The "Chick 5 ' 

 as known in Mysore is still used for new clearings and 

 Mysore can still boast of many superb old Estates with coffee 

 still in the height of vigor and perfection and yet over 20 

 years old. Besides the countless small holdings of the 

 Natives which require to be entirely re-planted ; in all large 

 Estates there are always places which do not prosper as well 

 as could be desired. Many a fine Estate wag decimated by 

 the dire scourge the Borer. Many a planter adopted the 

 "open system" and cleared away the forest shacle, and now 

 'many indeed are the unavailing regrets. Those who adopt- 

 ed the crude form of planting like the Natives under dense 

 shade are alone to be envied. Year by year as experience 

 dictated a certain amount of shade was removed, and now 

 after many experiments and much careful enquiry a system 

 ot partial shade has been pronoumced to be the only one 

 suited to the climatic requirements of this Province. Hun- 

 dreds of Estates have yet to be planted up anew, 



Many require shade to be raised ere there can even be 

 a hope of success, as it would be a fruitless undertaking to 

 attempt to plant even the hardiest variety of plant in land 

 which has been exposed to full rays of the sun, well washed 

 in the rains, and otherwise deteriorated by having been 

 felled many years ago* I shall endeavour to deal with 

 "shade and its culture and management" hereafter but shall 

 now deal with the subject of Nurseries > and in order fully 

 to consider all points of importance^ perhaps it will be as 

 well to carry my reader from the very commencement of 



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