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the Tt will be found to have a slight tendency to grow somewhat straggling ; 
pre it is advisable to prune off the lower branches, so as to encourage it 
, SOW one straight stem and grow tall, in which condition it looks best and 
86s the best shade. 
F f planting a few trees in a large paddock, it is better to keep them well 
a 1.48 the ripe seeds on dropping from the tree get scattered about, and 
“51g up of themselves develop in course of time into mature trees. 
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is euthern parts of the La Plata States. A thorny shrub, growing finally to 
meee of 60 feet high, with a stem 23 feet in diameter; adapted for live fences. 
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exif iora, P. siliquastrum, P. glandulosa, Particularly the latter variety 
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it * children could earn two or three dollars a day in Texas while gathering 
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JADOO FIBRE—HOW TO USE IT. 
| ee Jadoo fibre was introduced to Australia in 1896 by Mr. W. R. Virgoe, as 
| ye.2t for the Jadoo Company in England, many people have tried it, and report 
the “vourably on its qualities as a plant food. All, however, do not possess 
att Nowledge of how to use it. Some indeed have thrown away the fibre 
it Pa Season, under the impression that it was used up. As a matter of fact, 
ate be used many times over; in fact, it has not been ascertained yet when it 
a ues exhausted. Colonel Halford Thompson, chairman of the company, in 
tanto to the Tropical Agricultwrist, Colombo, says:—‘ lt has proved 
ey “tleally impossible to wash out the properties of Jadoo fibre, even when 
Posed to tropical rain.” 
bang paration jor Use.—Jadoo fibre is exported in bales containing six 
Stat els each, hydraulically compressed into a space of 5 cubic feet. In a fresh 
moi? 48 it leaves the factory, a bale weighs 2 cwt., but owing to evaporation . of 
We; Ue, on its arrival here in summer, or after being here some time, the 
he ght 1s considerably reduced, though the substance is there all the same; 
“it is always sold by measure. 
efore using, the fibre must be thoroughly disintegrated. This can be 
Nvarious ways; the simplest being either to use an ordinary washwoman’s 
done i 
