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getting a season for rest. This might be remedied by 

 planting it in those parts where rain seldom falls ; 

 the drought would have the same effect on the plant 

 as the cold weather of a temperate climate. However, 

 the cultivation would require to be carried on entirely 

 by irrigation, and the roots kept under the complete 

 control of the cultivator. In this way two or three 

 crops could be got in the year from the same plants, 

 as at Jaffna, Ceylon. 



Such fruits as the apricot, plum, cherry, apple, 

 pear, gooseberry, currant, &c, will not grow in Piji, 

 as the climate is far too hot for them. 



