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'all trees of the Ficus tribe can be raised from cuttings 

 and I only know one of this group that is useless 



and 'that is the sand paper tree (Gerguttee) or Ficus As- 



.perrima. The Black Busree and the Aldu, are both 

 splendid trees for shade, and the Gonee another of tha 

 same tribe grows rapidly and forms a magnificient tree. 

 The Uttay (Ficus Glomerata) is however par excellence 



-the finest shade tree known being ^clothed in magnificient 

 foliage all through the hot weather and becoming entirely 

 denuded of leaves in the -monsoon, when no shade is 

 required. This tree can be raised both from seed and 

 from cuttings. The best way to treat the seed, is to 

 procure a large supply of good ripe fruit, wMch should 

 be well broken up by the hand, freely mixed with well 

 rotted manure, and -thrown broad-cast on prepared and 

 shaded beds, and gently watered. The cuttings are made 

 from the branches and should not be larger than apen- 

 i cil twigs in fact these at the beginning of the monsoon 

 should be planted on raised beds of well dag soil in 

 which a plentiful supply of old manure has been mixed, and 

 which should be formed in a moderately shaded situation. 

 At the beginning of the monsoon lots of young plants may 

 also be obtained from the margins of village manure heaps 

 and in and -around ruined houses, or villages. All these 

 should be brought in by Scouts who should be regularly sent 

 out for the purpose, Difficulty is sometimes experienced in 

 getting the Uttay seed to germinate freely ; much depends 

 on the tree from which the frnit is picked being robust and 

 healthy. The experiment of using the dung of cattle stall fed 

 on the ripe Figs has been attended with frequent success 

 and several fine Nurseries have been raised in this manner. 

 In regard to the larger cuttings of Busree, Aldoo, and 

 'Crouee, I have found the following plan the best. Holes 

 should be made about 2 feet deep with a Crowbar, and should 

 then be about three parts re-filled. The 'cuttings should be 

 procured, and collected in one place, and should be about six 

 feet long, and have a fork left at the top. Those should be 



