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 from them "by the fronds, which will he shpwn hy the pale green of 

 the leaf. But shoiiLd the nuts "be placed too close to each 

 other, the young shoots will "be then meagre and quickly 

 spindle \ip j tlie roots too will twist together and "be "broken 

 when the plants are taken up to he transplanted. Though 

 manuring is of little use "before they have taken root, yet in 

 orrler to prevent white ants, etc,, a mixtiAre of salt and aslies, 

 or ashes alone should he put Into the trenches made in the "beds' 

 for receiving the cocoanut. Sand alone, or salt with ashes, 

 sand, and paddy husk, form another mixture to he placed between 

 the earth of the hed and the nuts, v^ich latter should he 

 covered with the compost. Black salt, ashes made froiQ the 

 cocoanut husk and fronds, with sea sand is the hest mixture. 

 If this precaution he not used, many of the nuts will he 

 injured and the plants grow pale and weak. 



The next care is to water the nursery, which should he do 

 done oyly every second or fourth day according to the dryness 

 of the weather , simply keeping the soil moist ; for if the 

 ground is too damp, rot is engendered, hut if too f^ry, the 

 cocoanut water inside the nuts will evaporate and the shoots 

 dry up, A careful ohservance of these instructions will 

 cause the shoots to sprout generally within six months from 

 the time they are placed in the ground. 



Some place the cocoanut s intended for seed, tied together 

 in pairs hy a strip of the covering on the cadjan, over the 

 roof tree of the dwelling hoxise , or on hranches of jack trees, 

 freely exposing them to sun, dew and rain. But when the 



