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Manihot G l aziovii for normal tropical climates. 



Manihot Oichotoma for rather dry regions. 



Manihot Piauiensis for light sandy soil only in rather dry 

 regions. 



These three varieties are very suitable for elevations ; especially Dichotoma 

 and Piauiensis which have been successfully planted up to 5,500 feet. 



Seeds true to name 



carefully prepared and tested, we supply for trial orders, postage paid to all 

 countries, in 



Parcels of lOlbs- net at £3, 



after receipt of money order or cheque. 



10 lbs. contain about 3,700 seeds of Dichotoma or Piauhiensis; about 6,300 

 seeds of Glaziovii ; if requested the parcels can also be assorted, according to 

 orders in two or three of these varieties. — Prices for bags of 135 lbs. on 

 application. 



Hevea Plantations 



have found the Manihots very useful for elevations unsuitable for the culti- 

 vation of Hevea, thus making use of idle land. 



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young plants shoot up on all sides oi the clear- 

 ing, especially near the roots and stem ot the 

 fallen tree. The native is not sure how the 

 plant makes its sudden appearance, but he has 

 a general belief that the seed is spread by 

 monkeys, rats, and snakes. By the end of a year 

 the plants are 2ft. high, and weeding is then 

 begun, a space of 6 ft. being cleared around 

 each plant, and weaklings pulled up. Consider- 

 able care is exercised in deciding which plants 

 are superfluous. Little weeding is needed in 

 subsequent years, as nothing will grow in the 

 shade of the plants. By September or October 

 of the third year a light crop is produced, which 

 is the " Devakottu " (God's fruit) ot the Coorgs, 

 a portion being ceremoniously offered to the 

 deity. Each rhizome wiil then have about eight 

 stems, but the full-grown plantoften has twenty 

 aerial shoots. A partial harvest is obtaiced the 

 fourth year, after which full crops are then 

 produoed for six or seven years, when the plants 

 become sickly, and commence to decay. Then in 

 February some large trees are felled across the 

 plot, killing many of the aerial stems, and 

 stimulating the rhizomes to producenew adven- 

 titious shoots, thereby renewing the producing 

 capacity of the plot for another eight years, 

 when the process of renovation is repeated* 



In South Mysore the forest cultivation is car- 

 ried on by a departmental agency in the Nassau 

 district and in the Ghat forests, the Coorg sys- 

 tem being followed, and blank spaces filler! with 

 young plants from bulbs. Two large cardamom 

 planters (Messrs. Middleton and Brooke-Moc- 

 kott) store their clearings with nursery-raised 

 seedlings in "stools'' about 7 ft. apart. The 

 Mysore Conservator considers that with this 

 system the risk of interference with rainfall is 

 increased. 



In Kanara the cultivation carried on in the 

 betel and pepper gardens of the Sirsi and Sid- 

 dapurtalukas is from seedlings, bulbs, and cut- 

 tings, being also used for propagation in the 

 old gardens. They are usually planted in 

 "stools" alternately with the betel-palms. 



5 " FiitE Art "—in Ceylon. 

 It is in Ceylon that the cultivation of carda- 

 moms has been raised to a fine art, with conse- 

 quent improvement in the quality of the pro- 

 duct. About 1884. when the price of the spice 

 ruled high, cardamom-growing was tried in 

 nearly every Ceylon plantation. Remarkable 

 success was met with in some h, stances, yields 

 of 200 lb. to 3001b. per acre being obtained. The 

 acreage under cultivation increased until 1902, 



