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dry earth to absorb the mucous liquids after which dry in 
the shade for a couple of days when they will be ready for 
planting. 
As cacao does not stand transplanting well it is best to 
plant in pots, and in the West Indies the cheapest pots 
are made of bamboo, Large bamboo with fairly long 
joints are selected and sawed off in sections about a half 
inch below each joint. .\ hole is made in the closed partition 
which serves as a bottom in the pot and the section is filled 
with earth and used in the same way as a regular flower pot. 
The seeds may be planted directly in the bamboos or 
in seed- beds or garden flats, but in all cases they should 
be covered very shallow with fine loose earth because the 
young plant is not able to force its way through a layer 
of hard crust. If the seeds are sown in flats the young 
plants may be transplanted into the pots as soon as the 
first permanent leaves have formed. 
The best place for a nursery is in a shady place, such 
as a frame partly overgrown with vines or lightly covered 
with palm leaves. The bamboo pots may be placed close 
together and should be watered frequently enough to keeep 
the soil constantly moist. When the plants have attained 
the size of a lead pencil they will be ready for inarching. 
For budding the seedlings should be at least one half 
inch to one inch in diameter and the seed well matured. 
Such large plants cannot well be grown in bamboos unless 
the joints are extra large, and those who want to propagate 
that way would have to make wooden boxes three to four 
inches square and at least twelve inches deep. 
INARCHING 
This method of propagation is open to all planters as it 
is so simple that any one can do it. A scaffold is built 
