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the work to which I unquestionably attach so much import- 

 ance. I shall commence by offering a few remarks on the 

 class or variety of tree. 



There is no better variety than the real Nak Kaad 

 or Coorg Tree, The Ceylon caste has hitherto failed 

 in Munzerabad and the " Chick" (so called from Chick - 

 muglore) is as best a gross plant, only suited for cultivation 

 under dense shade, and is proverbially a biennial bearer. 



The Liberian Speciality as hitherto introduced, may be 

 Raid to be a failure except under a system of pampering, 

 which could not be arranged for on a large scale in practice. 



The Ceylon Seedlings in their infancy developed 

 Hemileia even in the two-leaf stage. The Coorgs 

 rarely are attacked before the regular Leaf Disease 

 season, but withstand the effects much better. Indeed the 

 Coorg variety is for all purposes the best, being robust in 

 constitution, and very prolific. The Ceylon plants never 

 seemed to recover from the Leaf Disease and lost all 

 their leaves and remained stationary, and after frequent trials 

 have been pronounced a failure. Great care of course should 

 be taken in the selection and preparation of seed, tnd only 

 the ripest berries, off the healthiest tree 5 ?, should be chosen. 

 These should be trodden out by coolies and when the pulp 

 is removed, the beans should be mixed with either wood 

 ash, or very finely sifted soil and wood ash. The whole 

 should b^ freely mixed together, and a fresh supply of wood 

 ash, added every day. The best plan is to spread the 

 mixture on mats in a light airy store, but the sun is on no 

 account to be allowed to see the preparation. After fre- 

 quent moving and change of wood ash &c. in about six 

 days the seed may be considered ready for transport, and if 

 it has to travel a distance, or be kept any time, great care 

 should be taken to pack it in good bags^ either with a plen- 



