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easily had. Round about the trees the ground 
generally bears a large number of young seedlings, 
and when these are a year or two old, the strongest 
may be trimmed, and left to grow on to make up 
for the trees that are cut down. Or the seedlings 
may be transplanted in the wet season to suitable 
places. 
6. In order, however, to improve the quality of 
the logwood in Jamaica, it is important that, where 
the trees are grown, a few of the best and healthiest 
should be saved for the purpose of choosing seeds 
from them. Sound seeds should also be imported 
from the best kinds of foreign logwood. It is 
desirable that nursery beds should be formed for 
the seedlings, and that these should be regularly 
planted out at proper distances from each other. 
7 . If a piece of land be set apart for the growth 
of logwood, it should be ‘ holed ’ at distances of 
about fifteen feet, ready for the seedling trees. They 
do not grow to a large size, but are low and spread- 
ing, rarely reaching a height of forty feet. 
8. We should remember that the substance which 
builds up the wood of a tree is formed in the leaves, 
and we should therefore give a tree room to branch 
to the fullest extent, that its leaves may become 
large and plentiful. The trees should be thinned 
out, that the branches of one may not cross those 
of another, for if they do growth is hindered, and 
the trees may be thin and weakly. 
