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(b) Pollard Growth. 
On the other hand, there is but one opinion as to its pollarding capa- 
bilities, which is that it pollards extremely well, and to a comparatively 
late age, differing in this respect from its coppicing power, which dis- 
appears before maturity is reached. To its capability of pollarding, 
and to the value of the leaves as fodder, may be attributed the large 
number of old pollarded trees that are still found all over the Anjan areas 
in Berar, Nimar, and elsewhere. (See Plate E.) 
On account of the very hard nature of the timber it is the custom in 
Nimar to fell large Anjan trees over 4 feet in girth at a height of from 
3 to 4 feet from the ground. Such stumps, though anything from 100 to 
200 years old, almost invariably send up strong pollard shoots which 
develop into fair sized poles. Trees of this age, however, if cut flush with 
the ground, will never produce coppice shoots. 
Note. — Since wTiting the above section some fresh notes on this subject by Mr. L. S. 
Osmaston, have appeared in the June and July, 1909 number of the Indian Forester. 
His figures relating to the coppicing power of Anjan are peculiarly instructive and are 
the first serious record of this nature we have come across. We do not propose to quote 
from the article, but it deserves careful perusal and consideration. Sufficient to say here, 
that the results of the observations made tend to show that, irrespective of the height and 
circumference of the coppiced stump, barely 50 per cent, of such stumps produce coppice 
Shoots. 
