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kumruk tree has dense foliage, and it would answer 

 for either small or large gardens ; while for the latter, 

 jacks, seedling mangos, or a thick line of Inga Dulcis 

 might be tried, the shelter lines of trees being repeated 

 at intervals in large plantations. For the same reason 

 I would recommend moderately close planting of the 

 orange and lime trees themselves. 



" In good soil the keonla, and Malta orange trees 

 should be planted fifteen or sixteen feet apart each 

 way, the distance being reduced two or three feet in 

 poor soils. The Sylhet does not spread much, and ten 

 to twelve feet will be sufficient space for it. The same 

 may be given to kaghzi limes, and chakbtra pummelos ; 

 and for mastabi* pummelo, Malta lemon, sweet lime, 

 khatta orange, Nagpur and Seville oranges, twelve to 

 fourteen feet would be enough. 



" Planting may be done from the commencement of 

 the rains to the end of January, but the best time for 

 putting in the trees is during the rainy season. If the 

 ground to be planted has been trenched and manured, 

 it will not be necessary to put any manure into the 

 holes with the trees when planted, but if a little well- 

 decayed cow or horse dung can be spared, it would prove 

 advantageous by promoting root action and aiding the 

 trees in establishing themselves in the new sites. 



" A circular bed (thald) should be made round each 

 tree for the purpose of irrigation during the dry season. 

 This may be small at first, but care should be taken 

 to enlarge its diameter as the tree develops. The 

 branches and roots spread in about equal proportion ; 

 it therefore follows that watering a small bed imme- 

 diately around the stems must leave the greater por- 

 tion of the roots without water, and that probably at a 



* This is the same as mahtabt\ and a further corruption of 

 batavi. 



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