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sufficient of the other trees to allow seedlings to grow up, 
nourished by light and air, weeding out as well other 
kinds of seedlings and undergrowths. A plantation 
formed in this way would require no care after the trees 
had got a good start. Under favourable circumstances 
the growth is rapid, and all the best conditions would 
exist in such selected situations. In ten or twelve years 
the young trees would be large enough to be tapped. 
By encouraging the growth of young plants, and cutting 
away any that become exhausted, the plantation would 
be permanently maintained in good order. The situation 
being natural, all the circumstances favouring the highest 
development would at once exist, aided by the suppres- 
sion of detrimental conditions at the hands of the planter. 
Nor would there be any great difficulty in making planta- 
tions in suitable areas hitherto in possession of other trees. 
I have already mentioned that in certain places seedlings 
are most abundant. Under any circumstances it would 
be necessary to remove many of these, to prevent over- 
crowding. All the undergrowth should be removed, and 
enough of the trees felled to admit the light and air 
necessary for vigorous growth. The young plants should 
then be carefully lifted and replanted at suitable dis- 
tances — say fifty or more feet according to circum- 
stances. If taken up with moderate care and not unduly 
exposed before planting, the seedling takes at once to 
its new quarters, and loses no growth by the change. 
As they grow, any trees in their way should be removed ■ 
and this with care in restricting the undergrowth, would 
be all the labour demanded. 
In districts suitable for the cultivation, but where the 
