The rubber tree book . Fig. 24.—A Six-months Stump. PLANTING-OUT 95 dig holes for them. The chankolling, which will of necessity-have been done to clear the ground of lalang, and otherwiseprepare it, even if the soil has been virgin jungle, will havesufficiently loosened the soil. All that is therefore necessaryis carefully to deposit the seeds about 2 to 3 inches be-neath the surface of the soil, regularly in line and at the dis-tances decided upon, the exact situation of which should becarefully marked out with small stakes stuck into the ground. In the cases of basket-plants or poeterans, a
The rubber tree book . Fig. 24.—A Six-months Stump. PLANTING-OUT 95 dig holes for them. The chankolling, which will of necessity-have been done to clear the ground of lalang, and otherwiseprepare it, even if the soil has been virgin jungle, will havesufficiently loosened the soil. All that is therefore necessaryis carefully to deposit the seeds about 2 to 3 inches be-neath the surface of the soil, regularly in line and at the dis-tances decided upon, the exact situation of which should becarefully marked out with small stakes stuck into the ground. In the cases of basket-plants or poeterans, and of stumps, itis necessary to have holes dug in advance. These holes shouldbe dug at least three or four weeks in advance of planting-out,so that the soil may become sweetened by the sunlight and sweetening of sub-soil is very important and cannot betoo well attended to. Next to prolonged and unseasonabledroughts the chief cause of the failure of seedlings and stumpsis the sourness of sub-soils, and for th
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