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The most hopeful plan for dealing with it lies in mechanical means. 
must be hoed up and burnt and the g ro ^d re-plan ted^ ^ground" r h izomes . Hoe- 
only by its feathery seeds, but more con ) -■ i everv bit is destroyed, the 
ino- it merely breaks these rhizomes into bits, and unless e y , : Hence it is 
plant will reproduce itself from “destroyed. 
always said that lalang requires o c 1 ; n : ury to the timber-forests, 
To fire the plant as it grows, apart from the ^ risk ot ngy ^ ^ ^ ^ 
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even into forest glades if but a few trees P exnense To re-afforest the whole 
The question ““ifh Zb^ wol.dlntail the employ- 
of the lalang country in the > , ■ ; cleann , T the lalang and re-planting 
ment of a large number of men or several years in clear * d in l8 g s an d 
the trees. The military reserve ,s an mstance of this^ year 5 f or at 
consists of roo a-es on Which a band Sely to iestroy the 
least a portion ot the year ^ 1 , - t req uires a constant clearing to 
lalang had been planted there. ^ - 1 pj suggest for combatting the 
prevent the recurrence of the lal ang ^ P 1 *" ™ ade trees and bushes, 
lalang is to plant gradua y p a c but which would form a compact but 
perhaps of little or no value for other pu poses but w ^ ^ weeds 
spreading head of foliage so as to > shade 5 r f sent; d s ^ of watchmen will form little 
will be a comparatively eas) ma . P , ■ miar ters which they will be able 
nurseries of trees in this manner round <*ch ‘ ^ the 7 shade trees 
to develop according as th ey have i f planted among them and in 
kill down the weeds, more valuable timber trees uc P 
time a piece of valuable for ® f st ^’forest reserves I have noted the chief trees and 
kill It, while some with a little assistance will grow through and kill it. 
Section (I).— Trees and shrubs that will grow through lalang without killing it: 
( Adinandra dumosa). 
.Teop-teop (Mappa javanica). . 
Singapore Rhododendron ( Melastoma malabathncum ). 
Teak ( Tectona grandis ), m a very few rich sons. 
Andong Cantley (. Dracaena Cantleyi). 
Several species of wild £ igs ( Ticus spp) 
(. Embelia ribes). 
Gutta Jelutong ( Dyera costulata). 
rvr f m as stated elsewhere, is to all intents and purposes a failure here. 
common and J? * le Th ad ‘ being a tall straight tree, but not only can .t grow 
through the grass, but in one spot I found plants which had at some time been under 
firo throwing up side shoots, showing that the plant can stand burning. The remain- 
ing trees and bushes in this section call for no comment. 
Section (II). Trees and shrubs which grow through lalang and kill it ; 
Arnotto [Bixa orellana ). 
Croton -oil ( Croton Tig Hum). 
Flowering Cassia (i Cassia florida). 
Tembusu ( Fagrcea peregrina). 
Tuba ( Derris elliptica). 
Mauritius Hemp {Fourcroya gigantea). 
a ^ 4-bp Arnotto reoroduces itself very rapidly and forms alow dense busn, unoer 
f Vh nothfng ban grow. Croton seems likely to do well, but has not yet had a fair 
Trial ctlT/ond! is very successful, and eventually forms a fairly large tree. 
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