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of the Betel-leqf-vine , a cubit and a half in length, and tied slightly CHA PTER 
together at the middle. A thin covering of earth is then put on 
the middle of each bundle, both ends of the cuttings being left May 20, &c. 
bare. After this, for one month, the holes must be shaded from 
the sun, by covering them with leaves and branches, and each hole 
must daily receive two pots of water. Near each row of holes, a 
drill must be made with the Yella Kudali; and in this must be 
planted, at every half cubit’s distance, the seeds of the Agashay 
( JEschynomene grandiflora ), Harwana ( Erythrina Indica y Lamarck ) t 
Bura, and Nugay ( Guilandina Moringa ), which must be slightly 
covered. This whole process must be finished in Vaisakha, which 
this year ends with the 23d of May. Each of the holes must every 
day receive half a pot of water, except when it rains ; and on the 
15th day must have as much cow-dung and ashes mixed as the cul- 
tivator can lift between his two hands joined. After this manuring, 
when there is no rain, the garden must once every other day be 
watered. The manuring must be repeated once a month till the 
shoots are six months old ; at the same time the garden must be 
weeded, and the earth in the holes loosened with a sharp stick. In 
each hole, at the end of six months from planting, must be put two 
sticks, three cubits high, on which the young vines may climb. 
At the end of’the year these sticks are pulled out ; the vines are 
then put upon the young trees ; and every month, as they grow, 
must be tied up to the stems. Once a year, two cubits of the part 
of the vine that is nearest the ground must be laid down, and buried 
in the earth. The plant begins to produce ripe leaves in the 
twenty-fifth month, and continues productive at all seasons, and 
for many years. One of the men present, who is about fifty years 
of age, possessed a garden that had been planted by his father 
when a young man. 
The Huvina, or flower gardens, are cultivated near towns and Flower 
populous places which afford a market for their produce. In other gardens * 
situations, small spots are planted with flowers for the use of the 
