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a host of other imported varieties were tried in vain, somw 

 of the seed actiaally refusing to germinate, probably as 

 brother Planter remarked, owing to their unpronounceable 

 Botanical names having been put on tickets in the beds.^ 

 Jack seeds were- procured from the open Country, and .he- 

 Ghaut, and came up to> form refreshment for the herds of 

 Monkeys which frequented the Estates. Fortunately while 

 these experiments were being conducted every endeavour to 

 raise trees of indigenous varieties was energetically made*, 

 and the Mysore Planter is now well aware that for all pur- 

 poses such are the best suited for his requirements, and as ; 

 such, call for increased attention. I will now proceed to' 

 notice some of the best descriptions and for the sake of 

 general perspicuity, I will make my remarks apply to a 

 clearing which has been- abandoned, as I before remarked, for- 

 the purpose of all-owing shade- to spring up.. 



In the hot weather a gang of coolies should be sent 

 to weed the clearing with the grass knife, and during 

 this operation strict orders should be given to remove- 

 nothing that has the semblance of a jungle tree or its 

 seedling nothing but absolute weeds, grass and creepers^ 

 should be removed. Fire paths should be syste- 

 matically cleared, all old roads and paths being utilized 

 for this purpose. As soon as the first rain, falls the ground 

 should be well turned up with the pick-axe, after which 

 operation, a gang of a dozen or so good local boys, specially 

 selected for their superior intelligence, should be deputed 

 under the charge of an active Duffadar, to go steadily up 

 and down the clearing and look for the seedlings of Jungle 

 trees. At first considerable difficulty is experienced in dis- 

 tinguishing a seedling from a weed ; but after a time and a 

 lititle experience, it is perfectly astonishing to watch the im- 

 provement, and I may here clearly state without any fear 

 of contradiction, that a good intelligent local cooly or 



* NOTE. Sterculia Alata Spathodia Crespa Sterculia Foetida 

 Sterocarpus Marsupium Sterocarpus Dalbagaorides Ailantkus 

 Catbartocarpus RoxftnrghU. 



