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With very small seeds the covering should be just thick 

 enough not to be washed away by the first rain or 

 blown away by the wind. 



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Fig. 29. 



With seedlings which do not bear transplanting well 

 it is best to sow their seed in small, loosely woven baskets, 



Fig. 30. 



called "supply -baskets" by Ceylon planters. These 

 are usually made of a roughly conical shape of split 



Pig. 81. 



bamboo, if obtainable, or else of split reeds, canes, or 

 of withes. When the transplants are taken into the 

 field, they are carried, basket and all, and only the 



