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if the roots are puddled in mud. Plants attain 2 ft. 6 ins. to 6 ft. in 9 
months. Susceptible to damage by game. 500 pods per oz. 
Dalbergia latifolia. —Satisal in Nepalese. On well-drained land west 
of the Tista from the plains up to 2,000 ft. Pods collected early in March, 
broken out and sown in shaded nursery beds at once. It germinates well. 
It is pricked out in shaded beds and is big enough to plant out in July. 
The tree is very scarce now owing to its having been cut out in the old 
days. Said to be of slow growth at first. 
Duabanga sonnemtioides .—Lampati in Nepalese, Bandarhola in 
Bengali. Lower hills up to 3,000 and occasionally on the sides of peren¬ 
nial jhoras in the plains. Often found on landslips, embankments, etc. 
Seeds April and May. Collect the fruit just as it ripens and begins to 
open drying it in the sun for two days with a cloth over it to prevent 
the seed from being blown away. The seeds which are very minute, 
have been successfully stored till the following season in an artificially 
warmed godown by Mr. Russell. This obviates keeping the plants 
in the nursery through the cold weather. It is usually sown in a nursery 
under shades (2 lbs. of seed to the kamra yields 6,000 seedlings) and 
pricked out when about three inches high. Sowing with ashes and red 
lead as a protection against ants is recommended. As this tree comes 
up naturally on mineral soil (landslips and embankments), experiments 
were tried in growing it in beds of subsoil without any leaf mould. 
Experiments for two years seem to show that germination is better on 
subsoil and this also reduces the amount of weeding necessary. Seed¬ 
lings are delicate at first and apt to damp off so that some care in the 
regulation of watering is necessary. One of the fastest growing trees 
in the foot-hills ; two-year-old trees attain 12 to 15 feet; a 7-year-old 
tree at 2,000 ft. (Mongpoo) measured 4 ft. 2 ins. in girth ; the average 
girth of dominant trees in a 9-year old plantation (Riyang) was 3 ft. 
1 in. these trees were about 50 ft. in height. 723,000 seeds per oz. 
Eriobotrya petiolata. —Maya in Nepalese. 6,000 to 8,000 feet. Seeds 
in November. Sown early in February in unshaded beds and pricked 
out early in May. Plants should be 4' 6" high by the end of May and 
should be planted in June. It has also been sown at stake successfully. 
Gmelina arborea. —Gomari in Bengali, Khamari in Nepalese. Plains 
and lower hills up to 3,000 ft. Grows best on light silt in the neighbour¬ 
hood of rivers. Seeds April and May. The fruit is picked up from the 
ground and sown half an inch deep, either direct or in unshaded beds 
3 inches apart, after removing the pulp. The use of leaf mould in the 
nursery is unnecessary. The usual method is to sow direct with a nursery 
for filling vacancies. Seed can be stored for a year if thoroughly dried 
at the start and in this way very early plants can be obtained. Seed 
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