Planting Tea. 5 
one stake to another and drive in on upper side of 
levelled face. The non-terraced piece will have 
to be lined out with ropes. The best way is to 
strike a square with carpenter’s square and run 
two ropes down and one across, and then measure 
from each stake, pieces of cloth in the rope are no 
good, as the rope will stretch. If the lines 
are straight up and down, it will be sufficient, 
but if the lines are to be planted straight, 
everyway, some few inches extra will sometimes 
have to be allowed for the dips in the land, and 
where the hill slopes two ways, except on flats 
or very gradual slopes, it is scarcely worth 
while making the lines straight each way, as the 
coolies never do good work when working across 
a hill. Terraces ought to be planted very closely, 
say 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches apart. The bushes on 
terraces, particularly on steep land, run up very 
much trying to get above the edge of upper 
terrace, and it will be found difficult to get such 
level surfaces as can be done on a good lay of land, 
For this reason, plant closely, and a thick hedge of 
bushes along each terraces will be the result, 
