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Indian Forest Records. [Vol. VII 
of 1917. The 1918 failure of 
growth in 1918-19. 
rains resulted in very little additional 
Plants over 6' high. 
Remarks. 
In plot. 
Per acre. 
Babul 
Shisham . 
402 
74 
1,170 
215 
Age = 2f years since germination. 
Maximum height = 13'. 
Average height = 9'. 
Total 
476 
1,385 
Girth measurements at breast height at present too small to record. 
. , 24. Plate X.—Sample plot I. Sahson 
Shisham. _ . . x i 
block. 
Practically pure shisham, but with 3 or 4 Bakain plants (Melia 
Azedarach). 
Soil .—A low lying flat sandy loam, situated in the bottom of a large 
ravine. Liable to slight inundation in heavy monsoon floods, when 
the ravine outlet is dammed by the rise of the Chambal river. 
This plot to be regarded as on culturable land. 
Area of plot. = 115' X 55' =G45 acre. 
Past treatment .—Sown broadcast in June 1916, after the soil had 
been ploughed, and small field ridges made (no trenches). Heavily 
thinned February 1919. 
No. of plants over 10 feet height 170 (=1,100 per acre). 
Measurements recorded (12 th April 
Maximum height . 
Average height 
Maximum breast girth . 
Average breast girth 
1919):— 
= 19 feet. 
= 15 feet (of dominant Age = 2j 
crop). , y. ears 
, since 
= 8P | germina- 
= Q\'' (of dominant I ti° n * 
crop). J 
1 Bakain (Melia Azedarcwh plant measured. 
Height. =18' 
Breast girth ........ r = 7p' 
Shisham plants forming seed freely. 
„ . . 25. Plate XI.—Sahson block. Pure babul. 
Babul. 
Soil and locality similar to adjoining shisham plot described above. 
An area of exceptionally fine growth. 
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