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depended on, after planting until the stumps have 

 made root. By it the plants can be kept in the 

 nurseries until two years old ; and although they 

 have to be cut back to 1 foot in height, and the 

 tap root also cut off, the growth they afterwards 

 make is very robust and rapid. Our experience, 

 however, is very much in favour of the pot system 

 for Uganda, as owing to the irregularity of our 

 rains, establishment in the field is much more 

 certain. The only drawback is that the pots will 

 not support the plants for a longer period than 

 about six months without renewing. 



If it is intended to allow the Para to grow on in 

 the seed beds the seeds should be grown not less 

 than one foot apart. 



Coffee. The seeds should be sown half-an-inch 

 deep and be shaded and kept moist until germina- 

 tion has taken place. They can be sown 6 inches 

 apart in the beds where they are to grow until 

 large enough for planting in the field. A practice 

 we recommend, however, where large numbers have 

 to be raised, is to sow the seeds very thickly in a 

 bed, and, when germinated, but before the coty- 

 ledons unfold, to prick them out into other beds at 

 the required distance. By this method the water- 



