ILLUSTRATION No. 29. 



Date tree growing in Multan. It stands beside a dunghill (a) and annually bears several times the 

 amount of fruit borne by date trees of the same age in the same enclosure. It is giving off 

 a sucker (6) although its age is about 40 years. The leaves (c) are past their useful stage and 

 should be pruned away. 



(See paye 87. ) 



