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tkeiiedsover 'with;k'iay«r of leaVefi or twigs to retard the direct 

 SffectsTof safer Jieat and j^revent rapid eTaporation. The best 

 plani/fcartlus pturpose isrtha'Baiidare', Dodonaea viscosa, as its 

 leaves doffaot-rdbTior'BBparEk.te readily from the stem. 



A ppoteotiiveacS^eriiig-'of this kind also protects the seeds to 

 some KsteAt irom' theraTages' of insects and^ vermin. To pre-! 

 veiit the'seedHbeing'^iwashed? into the corner of the bed, as would 

 be th« ^ase - with • ordiiii&'y: irrigation, the surface should be 

 gentlyoand- evenly iwiitered through the roae of a watering pot. 

 The-germS s^api^ditron' the surface within 8^10 days, and the 

 seedltnga' wilf-hfe- an ■ inch high within the month. In three 

 nionths they ehould- be'4 inched highi whidhisanice size for 

 potting into tile-pots. The latter operation can be safely per- 

 l^r^edi 'hsKwieverJ' until • the seedlings are 4 to 5 months old. 

 The pnedSfcYationrbf the itapjroot is always an important matter. 

 We^dm^ jShtooft'efEectid. in' Casuarina seed-beds, as the seedlings 

 groW^^eyyclfflS^ly together and any attempt at weeding would 

 nproffifethfe laittet: - i - 



8i :^ormatio>ii of Tih: Nursery. -^Meaiawlaile tile-pot beds 

 ai?e iojrMA land'kept ready ■ to receive the seedlings as recom- 

 mended in~th'e:f6p^6ing{paragraph. " The tile-pot is formed by 

 plaflBQ® tWOiSejniiCyliiidric&ii country tiles together edge to edge, 

 so as to f ofcetra iiyKmdeS*,' abotit 5 inches in diameter and 10 inch- 

 es long. lEh^-c^linaets are ■|)laced together side by side in pre- 

 viously "'excayatedttds, rtiil they.f orm a h6ney comb filling the 

 vehQld ,up fltish -with the stirface of the ground. To facilitate 

 ppulltiii^ ftacll-.bed usually cbntains 100 tile-pots, 10 rows 

 of the latter haTii^g 1® ^^ t^e row; The beds of tile-pots 

 are jgepasSied.' only by narrow paths, just wide enough to 

 perniit'the-rIoi3BatioilPof.the' channels by means of which the 

 beds fu?o irrigated" (Mr. Sutchins in the Indian Forester for June 

 iSSkh" Whegcfiloiigbt'notto be hard below the pot-tiles, for it 

 will preyenftp^Beulatibn of "water, which, in consequence, would 

 sta'^ate andrfcendbrHiheplaiitasiekry. Boots'maybe prevented 

 f rom peneti;ating= the-:Soil below the tile-pots by a layer of 

 pot-fehetds ieipg -plabed under the ' latter. This allows the 

 water to rfeiin- off while- ifc- effectually confines the roots of 

 the young Casuarina to the cylinders in which they are 

 prtaeryed^ ,.;:., ., 



r9i';^*»w«p?d6»/ii7igr into Pot-iihs'. — In March; when the 

 seedlinga-jji-tbe^groand'inlirsery will have grown some 4 — 6 

 ijiches high,' iSBeS-.of -th^m as are healthy and vigorous will be 

 pricked outiato ttheipot-tjlles pfetiously prfepa:?ed for their re- 

 eeption:b5J a,filightf watering. The evening is the best time for 

 tfan^plaKlimg.raAa^ton the following ;mojening some light shad-^ 

 ia©.GBnjcH5«a-tTOf aiof the *' Bandarej'' Shoiild be laid over the 

 trap^fetnWi^rtbi^cis-meJt done, a number of the seedlings are 

 aUce -to Bacoiunbuader the fieree rays of a March sun. These 



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