Part III. ] Witt : Sylviculture of Hardxoickia hinata. 93 
with 6 inches below the surface. From this point the root turned off at a 
sharp angle, seeking fissures which it could penetrate, and after numerous 
twistings and turnings came to an end at only 10 inches below the surface. 
The most remarkable point was the exceedingly hard nature of the moorura 
which the root penetrated, a strong pick being required to break it away. 
The tap-root had, in this instance, developed numerous side shoots, and 
was strongly developed. 
This was no doubt an exceptional case, but none the less interesting. 
{in) Dying off of the shoot . — By about the middle of September the 
rains ceased altogether, and the grass, which, owing to the poorness of 
the soil, is never much more than from 6 to 10 inches in height, soon 
began to dry up, and by the 15th October the Anjan seedlings also 
commenced to show signs of withering. 
On December 7th some further observations were made. On an 
area of about 8 yards square, 100 seedlings, taken haphazard, were 
examined to see how far the process of “ dying off,” which is so notice- 
able a feature of Anjan regeneration, had proceeded. The following 
results were obtained : — 
Seedlings with she>ot still alive, and with two upper leaves still green 10 
Seedlings with shoot still alive, hut all leaves dead . . .52 
Seedlings with shoot completely dead ...... 3S 
Three seedlings of which the shoot in each case was completely dead 
were next dug up, the length of the tap-root measured, and the quality 
of the soil noted, as follows : — 
Serial No. 
1 
Soil. 
Length of 
tap-root. 
Re.maeks. 
1 
() inches sandy loam, 
then hard moorum 
very little fissured. 
12 '5 inches. 
2 
4 inches sandy loam, 
then hard moorum 
little fissured. 
14-0 „ 
Root took a circuitous path, 
tip only 12 inches below 
surface. 
3 
4 inches sandy loam, 
then hard moorum 
very little fissured. 
14-25 „ 
At 7" 5 inches root divided info 
2 branches, both same length. 
