MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 
Cossumba , or Carthamus tinctorius. 
Godi Juvi, or the wheat called Triticum monococcum. 
Toot, or Nawt Ragy; a variety of Cynosurus Corocanus. 
I shall give some examples of their modes of cultivation ; on which, 
at the same time, several articles are in general raised on the same 
ground ; and almost always the same ground gives annually two 
crops. 
The poppy, Papaver somniferum, is plentifully cultivated both Manner of 
for making opium, and on account of the seed ; which is much used t £ e pjppy** 
in the sweet cakes that are eaten by the higher ranks of the natives. and Cos " 
sumba. 
Iii Aszoaja (lpth September — 18th October) dig the ground one cubit 
deep with the Col Kudcdi (Plate II. fig. 3). In the following month 
smooth the ground, and divide it into small plots of three cubits 
square, separated from each other by small banks, like those of rice 
fields, but neater and lower; and at the same time form channels 
winding through the plots, so that every one may have a channel 
running past one of its sides. By this method any quantity of 
water which the plant requires is very readily conveyed to the 
whole. When the channels and squares are formed, the garden is 
dunged, and the poppy seed is sown. Over this is sprinkled a little 
more dung. At every span’s length two seeds of the Cossumba are 
then planted on the small mounds which separate the squares ; or 
in place of Cossumba , radishes are sometimes raised. Water is then, 
given to every square, and once in four days this is repeated. 
After the plants have acquired strength, no preference is given to 
any particular time of the day for watering ; but, while they are 
very young, the morning is preferred. In six or seven days the 
poppies will be two inches high; and then the gardener with .a shell 
removes those that are superfluous, so as to leave them about four 
inches apart. In twenty days they are about six inches high; the 
weeds must then be removed with a small hoe, and a very little 
dung must be given. In two months and a half the poppy is ready 
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