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at about the same elevation as the nutmeg, but it seems 
to be unable to grow well as high as that tree does. A 
few hundred feet above sea-level seems to be its limit. 
The climate, temperature, and rainfall necessary for 
it are the same as for the nutmeg, and as it demands 
propinquity to the sea the area of its successful cultiva- 
tion is practically limited to islands between the latitudes 
of 20° north and 20° south of the Equator. 
Planting . — The young trees are planted out at a 
distance of 30 ft. apart. In Zanzibar this is done when 
they are about 6 in. tall. In Bencoolen, in Sumatra, 
it used to be the custom to wait till the plant is 4 ft. 
tall. This long delay does not seem to have anything 
particular to recommend it, and till it is from 6 to 10 
in. tall is quite long enough to keep it in the nursery. 
After lining the plantation out the holes should be dug 
2 ft. wide and as deep, and filled with good humus, 
leaf-mould, cow-dung if procurable, with burnt earth, 
all well mixed together. 
In Zanzibar special care is taken to loosen the earth 
round the little plant with a specially made triangular- 
shaped spade. The plant is lifted with a good ball of 
earth round its roots, and put in the centre of two 
strips of banana sheath 3 to 4 in. wide and to 2 ft. 
long. The strips are placed across each other, with a 
plant in the middle, and the four ends of the strip are 
taken up and fastened round the ball of earth by tying a 
piece of fibre round the neck. Plants packed up in this 
way can be carried easily and safely to their destination 
without dropping the earth from their roots. The 
plant is then put into a hole made in the earth which fills 
up the large hole, and the soil heaped up round it, and 
pressed firmly. The banana sheath is cut through, so as 
to free the plant, and the strips removed. This method 
of packing plants for transport is commonly used by 
natives for all kinds of plants, and can be used for any 
small trees, but care must be taken to straighten the 
tap-root, if it has been bent during the packing. In 
filling the hole, care must be taken to raise the mound 
