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well shaded and mulched. The natives of the Japan provinces where this 

 tree forms small forests say that the seed best germinates when, having b^en 

 eaten by birds, it is passed through in the excrements into soft leaf-mold in 

 shady places, when it germinates in a few days ; or, if the seeds have by ac- 

 cident been thrown into a rubbish heap of soil and other vegetable matter, on 

 being cleaned away say after a month's time, the seeds are found well 

 sprouted among the waste. The seed is light and ripens during July and 

 August." 



