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in pots, the rose should be removed from the water- 

 ing pot so that the waterer may be in a position 

 to pass over any plants not requiring water and to 

 fill the pots of those requiring it. The plant 

 requires either a good soaking of water or none at 

 all, and if this be borne in mind in doing the work, 

 the plants will be found to grow very much better 

 than if watering were done regularly and indis- 

 criminately over the whole batch, without regard 

 to the wants of individual plants. 



Para Rubber. This plant may, we think, be 

 best treated up to the potting stage in a similar 

 way to that outlined for Cocoa. As soon as it is 

 established in the pot it may be given less and less 

 shade, until finally it is allowed the full benefit of 

 the sun. In the long dry season, however, a slight 

 shade may be given to lessen the need of water. 

 The plants grown under this treatment may be 

 planted out in the field at 6 months old. 



Some planters leave the young Para in the seed 

 beds until it reaches a large size. They then cut 

 it back or stump it before planting. This method 

 saves a good deal of trouble, and proves very suc- 

 cessful in a good rainy season. It is the best plan, 

 therefore, to adopt, if regular rains can be 



