NOTE ON SAIN OR SAJ. 



Mr. L. K. Martin is inclined to think that the above growth is. pro- 

 duced by the persistence of the annual shoots giving- a bushy appearance 

 to the tree till eventually the root is sufficiently established and able to 

 throw up a large strong leading shoot, which grows fast and straight, 

 the previous shoots dying down. 



Bourdillon says the rings run about 6 to an inch. 



Caccia records measurements taken on 300 trees in sample plots in the 

 United Provinces during a varying number of years, of which ] 7 was 

 the most, which indicate that the mean annual girth increment varies 

 from nil to 1'25 inches. The latter was recorded on trees between I| and 

 4 1 feet in girth and is quite exceptionally high. 



Experiments in coppice growth made by Mr. H. Murray in Belgaum 

 in 1 894 gave the following results. Three or four trees were examined 

 and the date determined for all ages, mature trees between 38 and 44 years 

 being selected. 



These figures were obtained at Nagargali at 2,200 feet above sea- 

 level : the rainfall was about 80 inches and the soil laterite with some 

 humus. The rock was'laterite overlying gneiss. The crop, in density 

 P 9, had been fire-protected for six years and the other species were 

 mostly Xylia dolalriformis, Terminalia paniculata, and Lagerstrcemia 

 lanceolata. 



