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scarcely require water at all in the Cape winter. If, however, this 
c^ gets hardened it may kill the rootlets which by that time will 
have spread into it, and give the tree a worse chance, so that the 
clay must be kept moist. It may € desired to plant the trees out 
at once, but this should not be done in windy weather, and on the 
whole it will be safer to pot them, at all events for a few monik 
till they can recover from their journey. 
to the seedlings, they should be sown in pots with 
proper drainage, and in garden mould, with a slight sprinkling of 
old, short, farmyard manure. The greatest care must be taken to 
years. The carob does s freely in a soils, but, economically 
speaking, it has been found preferable to raise "them n pots. The 
seeds will be sent out in the pods, as this has guid to be the 
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beans from the pods, and soak the beans for four days before 
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but they are apt to sprout very — The majority grow 
freely and well, but some come up as late as October, and mr 
generally develop weak plants. The pose seedlings may be 
potted at the end of the Te year, or even as early as Hubs ; 
the weaker ones at the close of the ond. They must be kept 
in pots till they are finally planted, as eripe will not bear trans- 
planting, and windy w eather should be avoided for these operations. 
'The experiments conducted here show that it takes a minimum 
of four years and a maximum of seven to produce a plant. 
A strong plant may be planted out in safety in five years, but 
much eae on the skilful care of the seedlings in the nursery. 
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in the long run to grow the plants in the nursery than to sow mr 
in the open ground. They are not particular as to soil, and grov 
freely in clay, if not too d in sandy soils, and in the clefts M 
rocks, where, of course, holes of about a We yard must be dug 
for them and filled up with soil, drainage being provided in the 
ordinary way. Itis iunii necessary to bui ld a rampart of stones 
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intervening ground can be used for garden crops, but these must 
not be grown within four ge of the young trees, sar m the 
mere must not be soi: n, but nde and garden produce 
harm. 
generally will ve i 
It is better to let the plants obtain a strong growth before 
