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l urimistakeable mark. The great aim must be to endeavour 

 to afford adequate shade and shelter, with the least possible 

 number of trees, and this can only be done quietly and with 

 the use of .judgment and forethought, Different aspects 

 'demand different 'treatment Southern and Eastern faces 

 require the most shade, and Nothern and N. Western the 

 least. Slopes, can almost always be protected laterally $ but 

 level fields require the shade to be universally and regularly 

 disposed all over them. In lopping it is well to remember, 

 that old -Forest trees generally resent violent treatment, and 

 it is preferable to diminish the number of trees, than to en- 

 deavour by reckless lopping, to gain the requisite amount 

 'of light. I have seen many a stately tree absolutely ruined 

 by excessive lopping, and much prefer to allow the " develop- 

 ment of head" to be effected gradually. A fair allowance 

 inust of course be made for considerable lateral expansion 

 consequent on the admission of increased light and ; air ; but 

 it is a mistake to think that violent lopping causes expan- 

 sion of head. 



In regard to the amount of shade required, it would be 

 impossible to give any definite suggestions, as such entirely 

 'depends on elevation, general situation, and distribution, 

 rather than r amount, of rainfall. It is well to remember, that 

 shade is only required for the dry months of the year, and 

 that the distribution of rainfall varies in every Taluk of this 

 Province. I remember a C oorg Planter expressing surprise 

 that Munzerabad with an average rainfall of 80 Inches 

 should require shade at all, seeing that in many places in the 

 ** Bamboo" of Coorg, with little more than half that amount, 

 the open system was universally adopted with success. I 

 immediately produced my rain register which I have carefully 

 kept for the past 12 years, and requested my friend to give 

 me a general idea of the distribution of rainfall in the district 

 referred to, and I then found that although the total annual 

 fall was little more than half; that the amount between 



