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SPICES 
CHAP. 
they amount to a serious evil, tending greatly to the 
diminution of the output. The Korahedi is distin- 
guished by quick growth, but before the sticks are old 
enough for peeling the bark becomes rough and scaly, 
the cuticle thickens, becomes corky, and splits down to 
the inner bark or true cinnamon. It is very difficult 
to deal with if peelable at all, and the coolies will not 
cut a stick of it as long as there is anything else to cut. 
The Vein grows quicker than any other kind of cinnamon, 
being often at two years’ growth 4 or 5 in. in girth and 
8 or 10 ft. tall, but it can very seldom be peeled and 
only makes a very coarse spice, or the least valuable 
kind of chips. As these two cinnamons are oftener left 
to go to seed on estates than the good kind, there is 
greater difficulty in getting the good kind, and these 
poor varieties often get accidentally planted. It is easy 
to eradicate them if the plants are planted singly, 
but if mixed in a bush they must be allowed to 
remain. 
Weeding . — During the growth of the bushes it is 
advisable to attend to the weeding of the ground, and 
to hoe out any weeds, and especially climbing plants, 
which may interfere with the growth of the plant by 
turning round the stems. The plantation will usually 
require weeding three or four times a year for the first 
two or three years, after which twice a year should be 
sufficient, as the plants should by then have formed 
bushes sufficiently large to check the growth of the 
weeds to a large extent. The weeds dug out should 
not be removed, but either burnt and the ashes restored 
to the ground, or buried in holes between the bushes. 
The leaves, twigs, and other waste should not be placed 
at the base of the bush in this or any other cultivation 
of the same kind, but in a middle row between the 
bushes. The growing part of the root is the one 
which wants feeding, and that is at the farthest point 
from the tree. The roots spread widely and soon reach 
the underground rubbish pit, absorbing nutriment from 
it. The farther the roots spread, the better the de- 
