Paet III,] Witt: Sylcicidture of Hardwichia binata. 
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appears to have any iniurioiis effect on the Anjan. There is little doubt 
that the holocaust of seedlings, which has been noticed again and again 
to occur after a good seeding, is due to the excessive heat combined with 
scorching winds causing too rapid evaporation, the seedling being unable, 
except under the most favoured circumstances, to replace through its 
root the moisture lost thereby. Aspect would only appear to be of im- 
portance in so far as it modifies the temperature to which seedlings are 
exposed in the hot weather, and protects them from the scorching dry 
winds. From notes and observations taken in Nimar, it would appear 
that aspects between north and south give the greatest protection to 
Anjan seedlings, and are therefore most suitable to the development of 
Anjan. 
(c) Light. 
Anjan is on the whole a light demander, and cannot force its way 
through overhead shade. Even the moderate shade afforded by a 
mature tree of Boswellia serrata is too dense for an Anjan sapling to 
penetrate through, if once dominated. The very flexible, yielding 
nature of the leading shoot of an Anjan sapling may also account to some 
extent for its inability to pierce overhead cover. 
At the same time Anjan requires a certain amount of shelter or pro- 
tection during early youth, though not against light as such. From 
observations made, we are strongly of opinion that shade as a protection 
to seedlings during the first three or four years’ growth, against the heat 
and the dry winds of the hot season, is a sine qua non in the successful 
regeneration of Anjan forests. 
The observations made were so conclusive on this point, that, although 
they will be dealt with in greater detail further on, in connection with some 
experiments relating to the cause of death of Anjan seedlings, it will not 
be out of place to record that portion which immediately concerns us here. 
The point under consideration was whether a long growth of grass was 
injurious to the growth of Anjan seedlings. Two plots measuring 2 
square yards, both covered with Anjan seedlings, were marked out 
alongside each other ; from one of them all the grass was removed as 
soon as it came up, while the other plot was not touched. These 
plots were examined on January 7th, 1909, the seedlings then being 3| 
years old. On the plot kept clear of grass the seedlings, numbering 
171, had all, without exception, lost their leaves, and the shoots were 
in several instances beg inning to wither and die. On th e plot from which 
