Jan,  1,  1897.] 
Supplement  to  the  “ Tropical  Agriculturist.” 
501 
Tlie  rightholder  of  a right  under  Section  15  cannot 
alienate  tlie  same  without  notice  to  the  Govern- 
ment Agent ; hut  if  suchriglit  is  appurtenant  to  any 
house  or  land  and  tliis  is  sold,  tiien  tlie  right  goes 
with  tlie  land  and  the  sanction  of  the  G.  A.  is 
not  reij[uired.  (Section  24.) 
Power  i.s  also  given  to  the  Forest  OHicer  to 
stop  any  puhlic  or  private  way  or  watercourse 
in  a reserved  forest,  provided  that  another  way 
or  watercourse  has  been  provided. 
Persons  who  are  in  anj^’  way  injured  by 
such  alteration  may  he  comriensated.  (Sec- 
tion 24.) 
Final  Notification  of  Forest. 
The  close  of  the  proceedings  is  marked  by  the 
issue  of  a final  iiroclamatioii  under  section  19. 
When  all  claims  have  been  heard,  appeals 
decided,  or  when  the  pniods  allowed  in  eaeli  case 
hfive  elapsed,  then  nothing  remains  but  to  notify 
delinitely  the  e.xact  limits  of  the  forest  as  in 
future  they  will  rem  iin  (for  the  limits  originally 
entered  in  the  preliminary  notification  under 
Section  6 may  have  been  altered  in  the  proce.ss 
of  Settlement)  and  to  declare  that  from  a 
specified  date  the  estate  so  demarcated  is  a 
Kesened  Forest”  and  therefore  subject  to  the 
provLsions  of  the  Ordinance.  But  power  is  given 
to  the  Governor  by  Pioclamation  to  direct  that 
from  a date  fi.xed  by  such  proclamation  any 
such  forest  or  portion  thereof  shall  cease  to  be 
reserved  ; ri,ght.s  extinguished  do  not  however 
revive  in  consequence  (Section  80.) 
Dcniarcntion. 
It  is  e.ssential  for  the  all  the  objects  of  a 
forest  estate  that  the  boundaries  should  be 
known.  It  is  not  possible  to  imnish  people  for 
trespass  and  mischief  unless  they  can  certainly 
know  whether  they  are  inside  the  reserved  forest 
or  not.  The  special  jirovisions  of  the  law  as  far 
.as  they  relate  to  the  protection  of  estates 
must  necessaiily  oper.ate  witldn  certain  definite 
li  mits. 
So  with  the  Settlement  of  rights  and  the 
prohibition  to  their  .acquisition ; it  must  be 
over  definite  areas  that  the  rights  have  been 
settled  and  within  which  new  rights  cannot 
be  acquired. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  Ordinance  which 
requires  that  any  particular  form  or  method  of 
demarcation  should  be  .adopted;  but  the  bound- 
aries must  be  easy  to  ascertain. 
Forest  leased  by  Gorernment. 
Forests  leased  by  the  ffovernment  can  also  be 
brought  within  the  provision.s!  of  the  Ordinance, 
and  tlie  Governor  is  empowered  by  Proclamation 
to  do  so  and  to  alter  amend  or  revoke  such  Pro- 
clamation. 
JADOO  FIBRE. 
In  a commutiication  receiveil  from  Colonel 
Halford  T!iomi)-on,  of  “Jadoo”  f.ime,  the  writer- 
says  “ f iun  forwarding  you  a iiamphlet  which 
is  perhfips  somewhat  out  of  .date,  but  which  will 
show  you  the  themy,  so  to  speak,  on  which 
.Jadoo  was  founded  <ind  the  tpigiiial  purpose  which 
it,  was  intended  for.  It  was  (piitc  a chance  which 
shewed  that  the  root  action  it  established  was 
St)  valuable  for  iihuiting  purposes I have  re- 
cently had  Mr.  Filkington  here  on  behalf  of  the 
Mysore  coflee  planters,  who  writes  me,  “ I have 
great  confidence  in  Jatloo  from  what  I saw.”  He 
has  had  a ton  sent  out  to  him,  and  ,says  he  is 
going  to  give  it  a thorough  trial,  at  both  his 
places  in  South  Indi.a.  It  certainly  seems  to  me 
that  wherever  either  coffee  or  tea  is  grown  on 
the  - ■ sujiplies  ” system,  more  especially  when 
baskets  are  used,  that  -Jadoo  is  just  what  is  wanted 
for  it  undoubtedly  will  encourage  the  young 
plants  to  throw  out  roots,  and  make  a certainty 
that  they  will  get  thoroughly  established  when 
lilanted  out.  M''e  are  getting  most  satisfactory 
reports  from  the  West  Indies  especially  as  to  the 
use  of  .ladoo  for  ])laniing  young  orange  trees 
which  is  now  being  done  on  a large  scale  in 
Jamaica.” 
We  .are  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that  we  expect 
to  receive  shortly  half  a ton  of  Jadoo  fibre,  which 
it  will  give  us  gieat  pleasure  to  distribute,  as 
we  have  been  requested  to  do,  among  those  in- 
terested in  the  new  growing  medium,  for  Jadoo 
libre  must  not  be  looked  upon  as  a manure  but 
a material  in  which  roots  grow  and  which  encour- 
ages the  production  and  developement  of  roots.  In 
another  issue  we  hope  to  give  further  particulars 
regar<ling  Jadoo— by  which  time  the  expected 
sample  will  no  doubt  have  arrived — and  also  make 
reference  to  the  pamphlet  made  mention  of, 
which  is  a reprint  of  .a  lecture  deliver,  d at  the 
People’s  Pal.ace,  East  Loudon,  on  Jadoo  F'ibre. 

THE  FRUIT  TREE. 
The  Nursery  is  th.at  portion  of  land  in  -udiicli  we 
propagate  and  bring  up  our  fruit  plfints.  The 
Nur.stu-y  required  to  start  an  orchard  should  be 
divided,  so  tliab  one  separate  portion  may  be 
alloted  to  the  sowing  of  seeds,  aiiother  set  apart 
for  those  subjects  which  are  to  be  transplanted 
hereafter  in  order  to  undergo  grafting.  Plants 
propagated  by  cuttings,  and  which  do  not  require 
any  grafting,  should  also  have  a separate  area, 
and  la-^tiy  a plot  will  be  al.so  required  into  which 
to  transplant  and  nurse  the  plants  after  having 
been  grafted  and  before  planling  out. 
The  orchardist  will  .ahv.ays  obtain  better  and 
more  satisfactory  results,  by  establishing  a nursery 
of  his  own  at  the  spot,  instead  of  securing  his 
plants  from  different  sources  and  localities.  By  this 
means  he  will  be  perfectly  sure  of  the  varieties 
he  wishes  to  grow,  a more  successful  planting 
out  would  follow,  and  there  will  be  an  opportunity 
of  promptly  supplying  those  plants  which  acci« 
dentally  should  perish. — • 
The  nursery  should  be  started  in  a healthy  and 
airy  spot  within  easy  reach;  the  soil  should  be 
ea.-'ily  worked,  and  as  regards  fertility  we  have 
seen  that  plants  from  a rich  soil  are  to  be  pre- 
ferred to  those  from  a poor  one,  but  are  inferior 
to  those  started  in  an  ordinary  soil.  The  best 
fertiliser  to  be  applied  to  nurseries  is  a compost  of 
decayed  vegetable  matter,  sweepings,  and  well 
seasoned  cattle  manure.  Raw  cattle  m-inure 
should  never  be  used  as  it  would  cause  rottening 
of  the  roots.  The  soil  of  the  nursery  should  al- 
ways be  kept  cool,  hence  it  requires  to  be  per- 
meable and  deepi;  under  the.se  conditions  moisture 
is  eaAly  maintained.  In  alloting  the  portion  for 
the  sowing  of  seeds,  we  should  choose  the  one  easi- 
est for  irrigation  or  watering,  with  very  loose 
soil,  it  does  not  matter  if  not  very  deep,  but  the 
most  fertile  and  free  of  stones.  For  cuttings  and 
grafting  subjects  we  should  give  the  second  choice, 
and  to  grafted  plants  the  portion  of  the  nursery 
which  we  find  least  e.\posed  to  the  winds. 
