Show planting a pimento grove groe the planters of jamaica long ago found out that the birds can make much better pimento or allspice groves than can be made by man As a consequence the work of planting or more mor e properly of sowing is left entirely to the birds mans share of the labor being confined simply dimply to chopping over the piece of woodland which it is proposed to convert into hato a spice grove after the first rains following the clearing a number ot of young pimento plants make their appearance the birds flitting about among the fallen timber all through the fruit reason drop the seeds everywhere under conditions which insure their immediate fertilization and the partial shade afforded by the fallen timber is just what is required aired to foster the young plants growth by the time the timber is rotten the planter has his pimento grove well developed and requiring only to be thinned out to render it a source of profit for many years au all dabon magazine Ma azine |