ART III. J Witt ; Sylviculture of Hardwickia binata. 
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Mr. Fernandez says : — “ Similarly, the drought was the immediate 
cause of the seeding, always gregarious, of the Anjan.” 
We certainly ha\e the following facts to uphold this opinion. The 
rains of 1896, 1899 and 1904 were very scanty throughout the Province, 
while on two of these occasions, viz., 1899-1900 and 1904-05, good 
seedings occurred in Nimar. Again, the rainfall as recorded at Khandwa 
during 1907 was only 17 inches, as against a normal average of 30 inches. 
May not this have had something to do with the abundant seeding of the 
Anjan planted along the roads in the civil station as already mentioned ? 
(2) The Seedling. 
(a) Development during First Year. 
We have described the process and periodicity of seeding of the 
mature tree, and have reached the stage where the seed lies scattered on 
the ground in the eaily days of June, waiting for the rain which is to 
quicken it into life. 
We will now continue the story, making use of actual observations to 
emphasize our facts. 
In May 1908, the seed from the Anjan trees planted along the road 
running past the front of our bungalow* in Khandw*a w*as scattered by 
the wind in large quantities over an open space of compound. The soil 
here consists of a dry, sandy loam, varying in depth from 6-18 inches, 
followed by hard moorum soon passing into solid trap rock. The first 
shower of rain fell on the 13th June, followed by over one inch on the 
16th, and smaller amounts on the 17th and 20th. 
For easy reference the tables of rainfall for the months of June and 
July 1908, as recorded at Khandw*a, are here appended, as w’e shall 
frequently have to refer to them. 
