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The host plants in both compartments were healthy along the outer 
margin and measured up to 16" high ; but in the interior, they were 
stunted and small-leaved and measured less than 1" high. 
On the 20th of June the sandal seedlings in all the compartments 
were again measured with the following results : — 
Box A. — 
Pure sand 
There were 18 seed- 
lings of which 9 
de^ ; tallest plant 
was 7 " and small- 
est 4" high. 
All plants unhealthy 
and dying. 
Leaves had dropped off 
except the topmost 
pair or two and these 
A'ery narrow and yel- 
lowish and withering. 
Pure loamy 
soil. 
There were 13 seed- 
lings of which 5 
dead: height varied 
9'' to 3|". 
All plants unhealthy 
and dying except 
those growing close 
to weeds which had 
spontaneously come 
up in the box. 
Leaves had dropped off 
except of plants near 
weeds which were pale- 
green and lai'ger. 
Box B. — 
Sandal with 
Kanuga. 
There were 29 sandal 
and 9 7T<»«Hya seed- 
lings. 11 sandal and 
6 Kanuga were do- 
minated or suppress- 
ed by others. 
Tallest sandal 33" 
and smallest 15" 
high. 
Leaves large and dark- 
green : plants branch- 
ed from axils above 
their middle, except 
dominated ones whose 
leaves were smaller 
and yellowish and no 
axillaiy branches. 
Box B. — 
Sandal with 
Dirsanam. 
There were 37 seed- 
lings (of which only 
one dead) and 25 
Dirsanam plants. 
12 sandal plants 
were dominant and 
rest dominated or 
suppressed by the_ 
host plants. 
Tallest sandal 19" 
and smallest 7" 
high. 
Leaves large, healthy 
and green in dominant 
seedlings ; small and 
pale in dominated ones : 
no axillary branches 
on any of the seed- 
lings. 
The surviving seedlings in box A were irretrievably decayed and were 
therefore removed after carefully washing out all soil round their roots 
and then dried and preserved as specimens. Those in box B were sent to 
Waltaii’ with the box itself intact for transplanting in the forest garden 
of the Conservator's Bungalow. They were reported to be thriving well 
about a fortnight after transplantation, but afterwards died from the 
7nalu foolishly digging about their roots. 
The process of germination. 
lU. In all the above expeiiments the soil was well triturated and 
levelled in the nursery beds, tile-cylinders and bamboo tubes, and the 
