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fast-growing tree, have been " drawn " up quicker than they would 

 have otherwise grown, and have done remarkably well. 



The most northerly station that I visited was Jendi, approximately 

 on latitude 9-30, at an altitude of 640 feet above sea-level. The method 

 of planting was slightly different at Jendi, agricultural crops being 

 grown for three years between the rows of forest-tree seeds, only 

 the oil palms and teaks being planted out as one-year seedlings from 

 the nursery. 



Besides these two species, Khaya Senegalensis, Afzelia Africana, 

 Date Palms, Ceara Rubber, and Ramboug Rubber have also been 

 planted. Altogether 457,200 seedlings are growing. 



As firewood alone is worth 3d. a bundle, timber of all kinds is very 

 valuable in this locality, the teak plantation alone being worth £200. 

 Kete-Ki-atschi, the station adjoining Jendi and overlooking the 

 Volto Valley, is a specially interesting one, because it was started by 

 Graf Zech, the late Governor of Togo, who was so desirous of seeing 

 plantations made everywhere. At this station the plantations were 

 first made half a mile away, and these have done better than the 

 later ones planted to the east of the station. 



Teak has been largely planted, and considering the poor soil and 

 low rainfall, has done remarkably well. For the first time a parasite 

 in the shape of a species of Loranthus was found growing on the upper 

 branches of two large teak-trees, but no diminution in the growth 

 of the teak was noticeable. Afzelia, Khaya Klainii and Khaya 

 Senegalensis have been planted in large numbers, and experiments 

 made with Albizzia lebbek, Poinciana regia, Acacia catechu and Ceiba 

 2)entandra. A few oil palms and Casuarinas have found a place in 

 the plantations. Eight miles from the Volta Valley is the station 

 of Pfandu, situated on an open, isolated hill with a sheer cliff to the 

 east and sloping gradually away to the north-west and south. 



The only variation here in the planting system was that Cassada 

 was largely used as an agricultural crop between the rows of tree 

 seedlings, which were put in the year after the Cassada had been 

 planted. Though the Cassada afforded a shade for the young seedlings, 

 the latter did not seem to show sufficient growth to warrant a further 

 trial of the system. The teak especially thrives here, the tree having 

 reached a height of 36 feet and a girth of 14 inches, and these trees 

 have already been felled for house-building purposes. The plantation 

 is valued at £550. 



Ceara rubber is now being tapped on a large scale. Sasswood, 

 ErytJirophloeum Guineense, Iroko, Oil Palms, and Funtumia elastica 

 have been planted in large numbers, and a few Afzelias, Diospyros 

 mespiliformis and Kapok trees. 



The hill station of Misahohe overlooks the valley of the Chedscho 

 and Agu, with the highest mountain in Togo opposite. The people 



