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“ I feel certain that my diagnosis of the reason of the failure of 
Anjan to reproduce itself from seed is absolutely correct, and 
that the only remedy for it is to devise some practical, and 
therefore necessarily cheap, method of keeping down the 
grass at numerous points not too far apart from one 
another, in anticipation of a gregarious seeding.” 
The above extracts formulate briefly Mr. Fernandez’s theory to 
explain the absence of natural reproduction in our Anjan forests. Before 
entering into a discussion on his views, it will not be out of place to quote 
the opinions of some other Forest Officers, who have studied this subject. 
A very decided partisan of Mr. Fernandez is Mr. L. K. Martin, Extra 
Assistant Conservator. An extract from his Annual Report for 
1903-04 quoted by Mr. Fernandez in the Berar Administration Report for 
1903-04 {vide Indian Forester, Volume XXXI, page 105) reads as 
follows : — 
“ The Anjan seeded very fairly profusely in the spring of 1902, 
and the seed germinated freely during the following 
monsoon, along the Ajanta Hills, especially in the Geru- 
Matargaon Range around Botha and Matargaon. A very 
noticeable feature uas the complete absence of seedlings from 
the midst of dense grass, that is, from areas entirely closed to 
grazing. They appeared wherever the grass was light, and 
increased in numbers with decrease in density of the grass, 
till over areas free of grass the seedlings were quite dense- ’ ’ 
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“In the portions of the reserve closed to grazing, and consequently 
covered with a dense crop of grass, Anjan seedlings were 
completely absent, except just along roadsides ; whereas in 
Survey Xos. 1, 2, 3, and 6 of Chinchker, w'hich were open 
' to heavy grazing, and being situated close to a public road, 
were much resorted to by cattle, and as a result absolutely 
clean grazed, thousands of seedlings have sprung up, and 
stand out uninjured and perfectly healthy. The above 
appears to prove conclusively that a dense growth of grass 
is inimical to the successful reproduction of Anjan. The 
seedlings observed in those Survey numbershaving survived 
the past two hot weathers, and escaped injury from cattle 
during the same period, when, in the absence of other 
