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be blown over because of their shallow rooting. To show how tenacious 
of life the tree is. it is only necessary to examine the photographs of 
many such trees that, blown over, took fresh root from the tops and 
sent up shoots that soon developed into sturdy tree trunks. I counted 
seven such trunks springing from one prostrate stein, each trunk big 
enough to tap, and full of latex. 
Another experiment in distance planting was a row of seventeen 
trees that were set six feet apart, that although they were only eight 
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years old, were two feet in diameter and showed a magnificent leaf area. 
These, of course, had the sun on hotli sides, and thus came along faster 
than if in partial shade. The number of Here a trees in the gardens 
now ready for tapping is 1,300. A still further experiment with the 
Hevca was the planting of the seed in specially prepared beds, in which 
a variety of different manures was placed. The photograph tells the 
whole story and would seem to point to cow dung as the best food for 
young Hevca. The soil in the gardens is not particularly rich, being 
