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big plants, doubling up tbe roots, leaving tbe top of the “ thali ” as a 
depression, making the “ thalis ” too small and not pressing the soil down 
firmly enough round the plant. 
Notes on the species. 
Acacia Catechu .—Khair in all vernaculars. River beds up to 1,000 ft. 
Seeds January. If sown direct the seed is stored in sacks until the 
end of May when it is sown after soaking in water for two days. The 
seed is separated from the pod. It may be sown direct in cultivated 
lines. There is no information as to nursery work but it can probably 
be sown earlier if water is available. If sown in May it should reach 
four feet by the end of August. 11,000 seeds to the ounce. 
Acer Campbellii. —Kapasi in Nepalese 5,000 to 9,000 ft. Seeds Novem¬ 
ber and December. Collect the seed from the tree, dry and store it for 
sowing in February and March, in nurseries under shades. Prick out in 
May. It should be four inches high by June and should be planted out 
at the beginning of the following rains. This species is one of the few 
which are easy to grow at elevations above 7,000 ft. 1,350 seeds to the 
ounce. 
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius. —Mandani in Nepalese. Foot-hills up to 
4,000 ft. best at 2,000 ft. Seeds March to May. Sown either in the nur¬ 
sery or direct. Russell recommends the latter and has had excellent re¬ 
sults sowing in “ thalis 55 on a dry exposure in April and May. The Forest 
Department has also had good results sowing both in “ thalis ” and broad¬ 
cast in burnt coupes. Plants, some of them five feet high, transplanted 
in June in the plains never died back. If raised in the nursery, sow 
seed as soon as ripe. 6 lbs. of seed to the “ kamra” produce about 4,000 
seedlings which should be pricked out when big enough to handle and 
planted out in June .of the same year. Shades are required on seed 
beds but not on pricking-out beds. Growth fast, at 2,000 ft. reaches 
8 to 20 ft. in height in two and a half years. Grows very straight. 
Albizzia procera. —Safed Siris in Nepalese, Koroi in Bengali. Near 
river beds in the plains. Seeds January-February. Sown when ripe. 
Six pounds of seed to the “ kamra ” gives 4,000 seedlings. 670 seeds 
per oz. 
Alnus nepalensis. —Utis in Nepalese. 2,000 to 6,500 ft. especially on 
landslips. Seeds February. Sown in March in shaded beds and pricked 
out in May, also under shades. Below 5,000 ft. the plants can be put out 
in June or July of the same year but at higher elevations it is generally 
necessary to keep the plants in the nursery through the cold weather 
and plant them out at the beginning of the following rains. The experi¬ 
ment of putting the nursery at a lower elevation than the area to be 
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