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cotyledons is removed, and the seed put in with the radicle down- 

 wards. I have personally tested these positions many times- 

 over, without finding any great or distinguishing advantage. When 

 planted without the seed coats however, there is less likelihood 

 of the attack of fungus through the decomposition of the pulp- 

 than would otherwise be the case, and the plants come up several 

 clnys earlier than those sown in the pulp, with testa intact. 

 "With regard to the variety of positions, I have planted seeds in 

 all three positions in one box, and after the first fourteen days it 

 was impossible to tell which way they had been planted ; as the 

 plants were in the same stage of growth, and indistinguishable 

 one from the other. If, therefore, the golden rule for sowing 

 eeds be followed, which with all seeds is to place them in their 

 own diameter under the soil, without regard to position, the 

 planter may surely reckon upon securing healthy and vigorous 

 seedlings. Those who fancy planting them in any one particular 

 way, may do so, therefore, with as much certainty of success as 

 those who us?o the opposite methods, and yet each will have the 

 separate satisfaction of believing in his method, which in some- 

 cases gratifies more than to follow the practices pointed out by 

 experience and the planter Science. 



There is probably much yet to be learnt, by the grower, the 

 curer and the manufacturer of Cacao, and the present edition, of 

 this work does not pretend to be perfect any more than its prede- 

 cessor, or to say everything that might be said on the subject of 

 Cacao. It has, however, been carefully revised in accordance^ 

 with the present knowledge of the subject, and it is hoped the- 

 contents may be found both interesting arid useful to Tropical 

 Planters. 



May, 1900, 



