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TriE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [February 1, 1882. 
81. No. Vili Plot, 1867, C— 10-87 acres, all shola 
land, all " Succirubra ; " growth good, over 20 feet high. 
All barked five times. Five acres, 2,500 trees coppiced 
in June 1879; 885 stools failed to grow, 1,655 have suc- 
ceeded ; growth good, height 4 to 7 feet and very healthy. 
82. No. IX Plot, 1868.— 6-12 acres, all shola land, all 
planted with " Succirubra," nearly all gone out, except 
about 100 trees ; re-planting has been attempted more 
than once without success. Soil rocky and bad. 
83. No. VII Plot, 1867, B. — 9-62 acres aU " Succi- 
rubra," except a few " Officinalis," shola land, chiefly 
a flat ; drainage insufficient and sub-soil sour ; nearly 
all the trees gone out. All barked live times. 
84. No. VI Plot, 1867, 4.-8-39 acres, all shola land, 
nearly all "Succirubra;" a portion sheltered on a slope, 
good ; the greater portion very poor growth and thin 
from many failures, and the remaining trees apparently 
dying out. Sized trees barked five times. 
85. No. I Plot, 1863.— 2-55 acres, all shola land, 
" Succirubra " and " Officinalis," mixed in equal pro- 
portions ; very poor growth and thin, more than half 
died out, and many still dying ; soil rocky and poor. 
Sized trees barked six times. 
86. No. IV Plot, 1865, B. — 4-88 acres, lower avenue, 
all shola land, chiefly "Succirubra" with a few "Officin- 
alis ; " growth good in some places but patchy, as there 
are many blanks ; casualties chiefly caused by insufficient 
drainage on flat portions, where there is percolation 
from the channel. Sized trees barked six times. 
87. No. Ill Plot, 1865, A.— 10-08 acres, upper avenue, 
"Succirubra" and " Officinalis ; " about half and half, 
growth in some places fan-, but not always healthy, in 
other parts very poor, and has been much injured by 
hail ; many trees dead, and many showing signs of dying 
out ; upper portions very much exposed to the south- 
west monsoon. Sized trees barked six times. 
88. State of the Wood Plantation. — The lower por- 
tion of this plantation exhibits very poor growth (all 
except Plot No. VIII, 1867, C, about 10 acres, may 
be pronounced a failure) ; it should, I think, be up- 
rooted and abandoned, as the money required for its 
upkeep might be far better spent in keeping up the 
other plantations. 
89. Coppicing. — 2,500 Succirubra trees, previously 
four times barked in Plot No. VIII, 1867, C (the only 
good growth in this lower portion of the Wood Estate) 
were coppiced in June 1879 ; 885 stools have died ; 
1,655 are growing and very healthy ; height 4 to 7 feet. 
90. Number of Trees in the Wood Plantation. — Ap- 
pendix C is a statement of the casualties amongst the 
trees in the Wood Plantation during the last three years ; 
and the number of trees now existing based on Major 
Walker's enumeration. 
Dodabetta Plantation. 
Acres 320-47, elevation over 7,000 feet. 
91. Ascending to the plantations from the Govern- 
ment Gardens the first thirteen plots, as follows, are 
on the slope looking down on to Ootacamund or with 
a south-west exposure. 
92. No. XXI, 1868, A.— 1-61 • acres, chiefly grassland 
with a little shola at the bottom of ravine, all planted 
with Officinalis 7' x 7' ; ground very steep and soil being 
gradually washed away ; growth in fair condition and not 
many failures since the renewals were put down four 
years ago which are doing well ; no late renewals, too 
steep for terracing, average height of the- trees 15 feet ; 
714 trees barked once, 11 trees barked twice. 
93. No, XXVI, 1869,5.-3-22 acres, nearly all grass laud 
very steep, soil gravelly, and being rapidly washed away, 
bnt too steep for terracing; all planted with Officinalis ; 
trees healthy, but very far apart owing to the original 
aide planting, and many failures ; many renewals were 
put down three years ago, which are doing well, but 
none since ; average height 15 feet ; 1,138 trees once 
barked, remaining trees small. 
94. No. XXV, 1869, A.— 4-68 acres, grass land, very 
steep ; remarks the same as for No. XXVI. A portion 
was terraced in 1880 ; remainder too steep for terracing ; 
2,295 trees barked once, 70 trees barked twice. 
95. No. I, 1863, 4.-2-32 acres, all shola land, steep, 
and the soil has been subject to much wash, but the 
whole plot was terraced hi 1880 ; all planted with O.Hein- 
alis 8' x 8' ; average height 20 feet, not in very 
good condition; very far apart owing to wile planting 
and subsequent failures ; renewals about 10 per cent 
put down three years ago, no later renewals ; 967 trees 
barked four times, 161 trees barked once, remainder 
small and not barked. 
96. No. II, 1863, B.— 1-67 acres, all shola land, 
planted ■with Officinalis 7' x 7' ; trees healthv ; average 
height 22 feet, but there have been many failures ; re- 
newals one to four years of age; 1,221 trees barked 
five times, 47 trees once. 
97. No. Ill, 1863, C— 3-57 acres, all shola land, planted 
with Officinalis ; condition fair, but trees, very far apart 
from very wide planting; average height of original 
trees 22 feet, many renewals one to four years of age ; 
1,959 trees barked five times, 65 -trees once. There are 
a few " Pahudiana" not growing well; also one " An- 
gustifolia" growing well. 
98. No. VI, 1864, B.— 7-28 acres, originally patches 
of shola dovetailing with grass land, very steep, and 
soil much washed away, but the whole was terraced in 
1880, planted with " Officinalis.'' except some 50 Succi- 
rubra, condition bad ; 6,000 seedlings planted out in 
alternate lines in 1880 ; 4,969 trees barked four times, 
2,146 barked twice, 311 once. 
99. No. V, 1864, A.— 4-06 acres, all shola land, 
steep, terraced in 1880, all planted with Officinalis 
8' x 8' and 7' x 7', condition fan- ; lately thicker plant- 
ing has been attempted, 2,500 seedlings being put out 
in alternate lines doing fairly well ; pits have also been 
dug for further planting ; 1,900 trees barked three 
times, 167 barked once ; 400 trees have lately been 
scraped on the Java principle, some are mossed and 
some left bare, all are renewing their bark, but those 
mossed more rapidly. 
100. No. IV, 1863, D.— 0-98 acre, all shola land, 
planted with Officinalis ; trees fair growth, but very far 
apart ; 900 late rene ^als, and now pitted for further 
planting. 556 trees barked five times, 58 trees once. 
101. No. XVII, 1867, 4.-5-62 acres, grass land, 
planted with Officinalis ; condition good, but trees much 
branched fiom wide planting, intermediate planting be- 
tween the old trees last year to the extent of 1,800 
seedlings doing well ; a small area where the ground is 
level nearly all gone out from frost ; 2,853 trees barked 
twice, 830 trees once. 
102. No. XX, 1867, D. — 4-92 acres, grass land, Officin- 
alis ; condition fan-, average height 14 feet ; very few 
failures ; original planting 6' x 6' ; 2,572 barked twice, 
644 trees once ; 5 trees coppiced in June 1880 as dying, 
no re-growtk. 
103. No. XVIII, 1867, 5.-6-24 acres, grass land; 
condition fan - , but growth rather stunted ; 8' to 10' in 
height only ; originally planted 7' x 7' ; no late re- 
newals ; 2,241 trees barked twice, 1,539 trees once. 
104. No. XIX, 1867, C— 5-90 acres, grass land, 
growth stunted; 6' to 8' in height; trees gone out on 
a flat portion of about 1 acre said to be caused by 
frost ; 1,692 trees barked twice, 1,314 trees once, 28 
trees cut down, dead from frost. 
105. The next plot, No. X, is chiefly on the ridge* 
or saddle ; all the remainder, 25 in number, are over 
the saddle, and have a north-east exposure, except small 
portions of Nos. IX and XXVII which over-top a grass 
J hill and face south-west. 
