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m^uTtes'quicld™ there ^ M cane s ^ d ger- 
tlus. One portion was covered v^lkWv wf4\° £ ^ by 
fine sand, and the others not at all tu T 1 a s P rmk b n g of 
in favour of the former method, thoughifos noteret? 6 p Sl ‘? htly 
was covered with a niece of Mo CC U S ot & reat * Each pot 
tion, and When the soil appef red to b^ttfotTv th* 
plunged for a minute or two in a vessel with er th ® P ? 4 " as 
No water was given overhead until the plants werea fortnight 
r e rose 
favour of the latter method a moZZdZ "* ali in 
plants were pricked out in boxes for r nr n °] d the y° un 8 
ture of pure leaf-mould and sand in equaTpart and"?^ ^ 3 /Z 
of bone dust added. This was nassnri ?v, P u d a s P n nkIing 
sieve. At two months <iH tl,r»»k aSS j d through a quarter-inch 
five and sevemS pofo 1 a Zt“1 pl ? nts , were Potted in 
boxes, but with the addition of - littlpfm tliat used for tlle 
. If good seed is obtainable there appears to T “"Ti' 
m raising any number of nlanfs w T P +?^ , b no dlffic ulty 
it is ripe A second sowhm frntL “ S 10uld b « ®w„ as 
which these plants were raised JdJr 6 Sa - m * e ot ? l seed fr °m 
days, and under exactly the same mndfr tnterval of fourteen 
a single plant. That this is not 1 Itlons > faded to produce 
from the fact that canes were ta.std ST* f ^ is evident 
from Barbadoes. Tho e L rSl t ™ r™" 1 Seeds sent 
X 5 * T gPaperS in Biue«„sfo r December , T888 il ot d K ln ' 
i88 9 > January, 1891, and March, 1894 ’ 88, ° ctober * 
C. CURTIS, 
Penang. 
SHADE TREES. 
so etsyto decide ^pofa^uWa^a " 0t 
another. The" trees selected should be lt leas? Z ,“ ed for 
ers, but many trees of rapid growth must hp r / ^ & row ~ 
count of their short life period or th Jk? fA, be condemned on ac- 
This latter is of course brittleness of their wood. 
of brittle trees will be thrown downZ ’cTrrhses^nd ^ b ° Ug u hs 
and cause accidents In snmp i! and passers by 
tZfth^ and remain attached t0 the e tre 0 e U !n S suc e h a a Wa J eVe " 
that they form a constant rlamn-^T- tm • • su . a nianner 
* ith kig trees, such as the Warhfciii /.'. 'i, ii.TT. ' ' ' f '\' fj 1 case 
i«ce few l„ e , ^h, »f.‘r ft„ A i h ‘™'wS"pS u ?~‘ 
