TOGO 123 
The main plantations have been made on the east side of the 
station, on a slope facing south. Teak has been very largely planted 
here, no less than 25,400 seedlings since 1901, when the work was 
started. Others are Treculia Africana, African Bread-fruit, Sasswood, 
Mimusops multinervis, the hard red wood of the Olokomeji Reserve, 
Kapok, Ceiba pentandra, and Cashew Nuts. A new Piptadenia, named 
Kerstingii after Dr. Kersting, was tried, but most of the plants died. 
An avenue of Eucalyptus citrifolia, with its delicate foliage, has 
developed well and fully deserves mention. 
The teak has grown well everywhere, except in a small swampy 
area, where the trees look unhealthy. The very large crops of seeds 
during the last three years have caused the height-growth to fall off 
in comparison with earlier years. 
Most of the trees are planted too far apart, but nevertheless, 
seeing the whole hillside, east of the station, covered with a teak forest 
produces a very wonderful effect on the mind. 
If the teak alone is taken as a basis of valuation, the total value 
cannot be less than £2,500. 
The Sokode District plantations have a great advantage over 
those at Atakpame, as tax labour has been used almost entirely and 
the population is much larger than elsewhere. As soon as an experi- 
ment with regard to agricultural crops, fruit and forest trees proved 
satisfactory, plantations were at once made. 
The orchards, farms and plantations begin on the south-east slope 
of the hillside, round the station to the south, finishing to the west 
and north-west of the office building. The plantations occur between 
the altitude of 1,000 and 1,260 feet. The variations of soil are very 
remarkable, from poor laterite to rich loam, from sand to swamp; 
but it is not to be wondered at, when the large area is taken into 
account. 
As at nearly all the other stations, teak has been the most exten- 
sively planted tree, some 81,000 seedlings having been set out on 
an area of 115°9 acres. Oil palms have also been planted in great 
nunrbers. These are set some distance apart to get the full benefit 
of the sun and develop large crowns and stems. Some of the other 
species planted are: Khaya Senegalensis, Iroko, Funtumia elastica, 
Ficus elastica, Ceara Rubber, Para, Hevea Braziliensis, Manihot 
dichotama, Manihot heptaphylla and Manihot Pianhyensis. Three or 
four species only of the following trees: Albizzia Cesalpinia, including 
Sappan, Cassia florida, Cedrela odorata, Berlinia Kerstingii, Ceiba pen- 
tandra, Detarium Senegalense, Diospyros mespiliformis, Anogeissus 
letocarpus, Eucalyptus, Melia azedarach, Morinda citrifolia, Ormosia 
laxiflora, Parkia Africana, Pentadesma Kerstingii, Poinciana regia, 
Pseudocedrela Kotschyi, Pterocarpus erinaceus and Aspidosperma 
Quebracho. 
