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* An abundance of plant food, rich in nitrogen, is required for 
rapid growth, but the kind of ferti lizer that can be most profitably 
applied will vary according to the character of the soil in each — 
locality. In the absence of defi ite information in this regard 
the kind of fertilizer producing most rapid growth of wood in the 
orange or in other fruit trees may be taken as an index 
* PROPAGATION. 
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* Camphor trees may be grown either from seed or from 
cuttings. They are usually grown from seed, as the trees fruit 
abundantly, and seedlings can be grown more easily than cuttings. 
The seeds are collected at maturity in October and November, 
and after drying are packed in sharp white sand or some similar — - : 
material to keep them fresh until the time of planting in spring. 
About = last of March they are sown in drills in the seed bed. 
soil of the seed bed should be a good sandy loam mixed 
er abe one-third leaf mould. The seed bed should be kept 
moist, but not too wet, and should be shaded from the direct rays 
of the sun if the weather is warm. The best soil temperature tor — 
germinating camphor seeds is from 70? to 75? F. The temperature — . 
of the atmosphere may be ten degrees higher. The seedlings wil = 
grow well at higher temperatures, but are likely to lack vigour and 
hardiness. 
*'lhe seedlings may be grown in pots, which will facilitate 
transplanting at any time, or they may be transplanted in nursery 
rows early in April Mes one year old. Plants two years old are — 
gehopitiy s regarded as best for final planting. At this age they 
vary from 20 to 40 inches in height. 
Ben, 
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Pa tr ater Ae I Eo N I a A RE, 
* PLANTING AND CULTIVATION. 
“In Japan, where the law requires that a new tree shall be set 
out for every one cut, they are not generally set in straight orchard ; 
rows, but cultivation there is performed almost ~ by 
hand labour. There are no records showing results of regular | 
orchard planting, eed ee distances at which one should be _ 
planted must be determined by the size and form of the trees . 
and the methods of Elan and of procuring the gum. They 
may be set closely in rows about 10 feet apart, and alternate rows 
= and reset every five years, thus producing bush-like plants 0 
n years’ growth. They may be planted in checks 10 feet square, 
e alternate trees cut every ten or twelve years, or they may 
planted in larger checks, and all of the trees be cut at the age of 
fifteen or twenty years. z 
here are not sufficient data obtainable upon which to base =. 
deitate statements as to the best methods of planting, or the age me 
at which the trees may be cut with greatest profit. A recent | 
English consular report from Japan states that * although hitherto 
the youngest wood from which camphor was extracted was about 1 
seventy to eighty years old, it is expected that under the eem = 
than twenty years old, 1 pound of erude e ded 
from 17 Tonnis of leaves and twigs. 
