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been mentioned as a temporary shade plant, but it is 

 considered in different countries to exhaust the soil 

 quickly. By small proprietors it is often planted 

 irregularly between the young cocoa and the bananas. 

 Sometimes lemon grass, ground-nuts, chillies, and (in 







X X X 







X X X 







17 feei 



Q Cocoa. 

 X Kapok. 



FIG. 41. Scheme of planting cocoa and "kapok" (Java). 

 The cocoa trees are 17 feet apart, and the " kapok " the same. 



some parts of Ceylon) even cotton l are used as inter- 

 crops, but they cannot be recommended. 



It has been a subject of investigation in different 

 countries whether it is possible to replace the ordinary 

 shade trees by trees which yield a product of value, such 

 as rubber (Hevea, Manihot and Castilloa), "kapok" 

 (Eriodendron anfractuosum), citrus, and also camphor, 

 nutmeg, or even coconut trees. In most cases, the 



- 1 Wright, Cocoa, p. 83. 



