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and plant in July direct from the seed-bed without pricking-out. 12 lbs. 
of seeds will sow a kamra and produce about 4,000 seedlings. Growth 
moderately fast, 2 to 3 feet in 12 months and 6 to 8 ft. in 24. Very 
susceptible to damage by game. It appears to grow throughout the cold 
weather. To illustrate the importance of shades it is worth recording 
that, at Sukna, 3 beds were left unshaded and 3 were shaded; nothing 
germinated in the unshaded, and all germinated in the shaded. It was 
a dry year and no watering was possible in the nursery. 2,650 seeds 
per oz. 
Bombax w,alabaricum. —Simal in all vernaculars. From the plains 
(where it prefers a light soil near big rivers), up to 3,000 ft. Seeds March 
and April, and is sown direct as it appears to transplant badly. It 
germinates in 4 days and grows very fast. In the Lakhimpur taungya, 
(Assam) 18-month old trees were from 8 ft. to 15 ft. high and trees in 
their third year up to 30 ft. high. Damaged by game. It is said to 
require a lot of room, and, in Assam is planted 26 ft. X 26 ft. In 
Bengal they are planted 6' X 6'. It is best grown in a mixture and is 
being tried with Gomari and Sissoo. 780 seeds per oz. 
Bucklandia populnea.-— Pipli in Nepalese, Between 3,000 and 7,000 
ft., but best between 4,000 to 6,000 ft. Seeds all the year round, generally 
large quantities available in January. Should be sown in March, pricked 
out in July and planted not later than the middle of the following June 
or, at high elevation, may be kept for 2 years in the nursery. Shades 
are necessary^ over seed beds but not necessary over pricking-out beds 
except perhaps in the hail season. Growth slow for the first two 
years, fairly fast later especially at lower elevations. At 4,500 ft. at 
Mongpoo 6-year old trees are about 10 inches in girth. Attacked by 
deer. A strong shade-bearer. Is being tried under Utis. 7,600 seeds 
per oz. 
Castanopsis Hystrix .—See under Quercus. 
Cedrela Toona. —Tuni in Nepalese, Surajbet in Bengali (Chittagong). 
Plains forests where it prefers a light soil in the neighbourhood of large 
rivers. Seeds May and June 2 lbs. of seed will sow a kamra and produce 
6,000 seedlings. Both seed and pricking-out beds should be shaded but 
shades should be removed early from the latter. Owing to the seed time 
the young plants are not big enough to be planted in their first rains 
dike C. microcarpa) but they stand transplanting in the cold weather if 
root-and-shoot pruned. Seed has also been stored until the foliowing 
season successfully. It germinates in a week or fortnight and the tree 
is easy to grow but suffers badly from the twig-borer and is therefore 
not usually planted pure. It grows 2 to 3 feet in 12 months and 8 ft. in 24. 
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