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which time attention should be paid to further 

 drainage, if necessary. 



It is evident that drainage is a most important 

 factor, and should be specially looked into when 

 the location of a proposed plantation is being 

 selected. The coconut tree is probably less 

 affected by sour land than most tropical plants. 

 At the same time, stagnant water must sooner 

 or later have a very deteriorating effect on the 

 trees ; in fact, some of the native holdings in the 

 Federated Malay States have suffered consider- 

 ably through inattention to this point. 



