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felling to be only 36 years old. Another, in Buxa Divison, 9 ft. 4| ins., 
in girth and 128 ft. high was 45 years old. 480 seeds per oz. 
Michelia excelsa. —Champ in Nepalese. 6,000 to 8,000 ft., best at 
6,500 to 7,500 ft. The fruit, which is plentiful most years, is collected 
in December to January, dried for a few days and after the pulp has 
been removed, spread on mats td dry . and stored until the middle of 
February or early March. It is then sown under shades in a nursery 
and when a few inches high, pricked out 3"x3" in a bed which need not 
be shaded. They may be planted out either in December or June of its 
2nd or 3rd year. With cultivation growth is fairly fast, after the 2nd 
year the plants putting on shoots of three to three and half feet yearly. 
It is very susceptible to damage by game and squirrels. 230 seeds per oz. 
Morns laevigata. —Kimbu in Nepalese. Foot-hills up to 4,000 ft. 
and, rarely, on silt in the plains. Seeds ripen April and May and should 
be collected from trees known to give fertile seed as apparently all do not. 
8 lbs. of seed per kamra will give 6,000 seedlings. If sown at once under 
shades and pricked out early also under shades the plants can be put out 
in August of the same year when about 4 inches high, otherwise they will 
have to be kept in the nursery through the cold weather and put out after 
root-and-shoot pruning early in the rains, a method which has often been 
employed though it is more expensive. The plant sends up one or more 
whippy shoots one of which stiffens up to form the tree. Growth fast 
and straight. Very susceptible to damage by game. It has recently 
been discovered that young trees from 5 years old and upwards have been 
much attacked by the larvae of a longicorn beetle, specimens of which were 
sent to Dehra Dun for investigation. 12,250 seeds per oz. 
Prnnns nepalensis .-—Arupati in Nepalese. 6,000 ft. to 10,000 ft. Sown 
early in February and pricked out when a few inches high, in beds which 
need not be shaded. It should be 8 inches high by the end of May 
but is slow after that. Put out in June. It can also be sown direct in 
March and April. Frost-hardy and not attacked by game. 
Quercus and Castanopsis spp.—The following high-level oaks and 
chestnuts are those most commonly grown Q. lamellosa (Buk), Q. 
lineata (Phalat), Q. pachyphylla (Sungre katus), Q . acuminata (Arkaula) 
and C. Hystrix (Katus). All these grow from about 6,000 to 9,000 ft. 
except Arkaula which is found at 5,000 to 7,000 ft. Good seed years 
occur only about every three years and, owing to the attacks of insects, 
sound seed is always hard to obtain, especially that of Katus. The fol¬ 
lowing method of treating seed gives gocd results. The fruit is collected 
in November and December and tested in a tub, those which float being 
thrown away. It is then thoroughly dried and stored in an earth pit. 
The top layer of seed in this pit should not be less than 2 ft. from the- 
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