Part III] 
Rama Rao : Azotes on Sandal. 
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week of August 1906. On the 29th September there were 212 sandal 
seedlings along the Sagileru and 30 seedlings under bushes in the horse- 
gram area as reported by Ranger Chengappa. They were all healthy 
and vigorous. In the third week of June 1907, I inspected this area 
and made a partial counting of seedlings here and there and found 150 
sandal plants all healthy and vigorous and some of them more than 1 
foot high. I then recorded the following remarks in my diary for the 
week ending 22nd June: — “Considering that the sowings were not 
watered at all and that we have done nothing more for them than pro- 
tecting them from fire and cattle, I think the results very satisfactory 
and encouraging. These seedlings may be taken as established as they 
have survived one hot weather : even if damaged by deer and other 
wild animals, they are not likely to disappear hereafter, provided they 
escape fire. 
On 16th August 1907 Ranger Rahimtulla measured 20 seedlings at 
random with the following result : — 
1 Sandal seedling 
2 „ 
2 „ 
1 
4 
1 
1 
These seedlings do not compare unfavourably in their height-growth 
with those of the same age raised in the nursery with their hosts in 
tile-cylinders, excepting 2 or 3 sandal seedlings grown with Kanuga 
and which had a marvellously rapid height-growth — vide the results of 
experiment No. 4 described under Part I. In their vigour and general 
appearance of health these in-situ-sown seedlings were quite equal to and 
in some cases better than nursery-raised seedlings — notwithstanding the 
regular watering and constant attention these latter received, while the 
former received no watering during the hot weather and no more atten- 
tion than protection from fire and cattle. 
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