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Part IV.] Russell & Teague : Artificial Regeneration of Sal. 
planted with a view to forcing the plants is being tried. 8 oz. of seed 
to the “ kamra ” gives 8,000 seedlings. Slow to germinate. Shades 
may advantageously be removed from the pricking-out beds after the 
plants have been in them a short time. In the case of plants kept in 
the beds through the cold weather, shades must be replaced when danger 
from frost arises. Growth is very fast and continues throughout the 
year. At 6,000 ft. it attains a height of 4 to 9 feet one year after plant¬ 
ing. Very susceptible to frost and grazing. May with advantage be 
underplanted with Pipli (BucJclanclia populnea). 14,000 (?) seeds per oz. 
Amoora Wallichii. —Lali in Nepalese, Pitraj in Bengali (Chittagong). 
Found in sal and mixed forest in the plains. Seeds May and June, 
rather difficult to collect as only large trees bear fruit and they are very 
tall. Seed is broken out of the fruit and dibbled 6" X 6" in the nursery- 
bed in June. It germinates in three weeks. Shades are unnecessary. 
Direct sowing has been tried but seed was destroyed by rats. It should 
be tried again. It grows very fast and very straight. 
Anthocephalus Cadamba. —Kadam in all vernaculars. Plains and 
foothills up to 3,000 ft. Seeds August-Septernber (occasionally as 
late as December). The fruit is collected, allowed to rot and the pulp 
washed away leaving the seeds at the bottom of the bucket. Seed, if 
thoroughly dried, may be stored in a dry place and sown in February, 
this is preferable to keeping the plants in the nursery bed through the 
cold weather. 2 lbs. of seed to the “ kamra*’ will produce 5,000 seedlings. 
It germinates in three weeks and is probably the fastest growing tree 
in the plains, giving a girth increment of about six inches per annum 
up to the seventh year. 
Artocarpus Chaplasha. —‘Latter’ in Nepalese, Chama or ‘Chappalish’ 
in Bengali. Plains and hills up to 5,000 ft. Seeds July-August. Seeds 
must be sown fresh within three days after collection. It germinates 
well and is best sown direct, though a nursery bed, which should be 
shaded, is advisable for filling vacancies. Growth rapid after the first 
rains, attaining 3 to 4 ft. in twelve months and 8 to 12 ft. in twenty- 
four, 50 seeds per oz. 
Betulacijlindrostachys. —Birch ; Saur in Nepalese. Foot hills to 6,000 ft. 
especially on landslips. Seeds in February. Treatment the same as 
for Aims nepalensis q. v. 8 oz. of seed per kamra will give 10,000 seed¬ 
lings. Very fast growing ; the average girth of dominant stems in a 
12-year old plantation at 4,000 ft. (Mongpoo) was 3 ft. 2 ins. and 
they were very tall. 250,000 (?) Seeds per oz. 
Bischofia javanica. —Kainjal in Nepalese, Uriam in Bengali (Chittagong). 
Plains up to 5,000 ft. especially on silt near rivers in the plains. Fruits 
December and January. Sow rather thinly in nurseries under shades 
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