194 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



width enables one to use coco-nut leaves with 

 the butt ends lopped off to advantage. The 

 frame-wode tef carry them over the forks is 

 made of bamboo, or saplings where the former 

 are not available, as on the East Coast of 

 Africa. The whole structure must be high 

 enough to allow men to pass under them to 

 attend to the plants and stiff enough to with- 

 stand a strong wind pressure without toppling 

 over and injuring the plants under them. The 

 covering must not be quite impervious to the 

 sun's rays, and it must also allow any rain 

 which may fall to be able to drop freely 

 through on to the plants. Struts can be 

 erected at suitable places to stiffen the whole 

 structure, and white ants, where they are dis- 

 covered tunnelling up the posts, must be 

 sedulously destroyed. 



