Cultivation. 
wanted. The great advantage in forks is that 
the coolie is bound to handweed the plants and 
cannot tear his fork tbrough the roots without 
exerting himself. The disadvantage of earthing 
up round a bush is that the bush at once throws 
out laterals, which are exposed if the soil is taken 
away again, On many old gardens where the 
tea is planted across the hill instead of down, 
the upper sides of the bushes are earthed right up 
and have thrown out laterals close to the surface, 
The lower side of the bush is generally a hollow, 
consequently the upper side of bush flushes well, 
lower badly, but if you try to draw the soil down 
the laterals are cut at once. This is a question 
to be decided whether it is better to leave the 
bushes as they are or level the earth. 
Plants per acre. 
2ft. < 2ft. — 10,890. 
Sit. x ot, = 4840. 
A ft. x 4 ft. = 2,722, 
D ft. x 5 ft. = 1,742, 
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