उपवनविनोद (आचार्य शार्ङ्गधर - वृक्षायुर्वेद, भू-जल संधान एवं उद्यान-विज्ञान सटीक)

SCIENCE OF ARBORI-HORTICULTURE IN ANCIENT INDIA 81
or the earth is black and pungent to the taste, is sure to be both tasteful
and sweet.
146. There where the earth is yellowish and full of gravels and pungent
to the taste, the water below the surface is caustic ; where the earth is of
any colour other than pale the water below the surface is salty, and the
water is sweet where the earth is of blue colour.
XI. HERE BEGINS THE SECTION CALLED POSHANAVIDHI—THE
RULES FOR THE NOURISHMENT OF PLANTS
147. Trees do not produce fruits and flowers merely for being planted ;
hence we are going to state the rules relating to the nourishment of plants as
framed by the Sages.
148. If one applies powdered oil-cakes of white mustard or sesamum
at the root of Kharjūra, Vilva and Lakuca trees,—all these three grow ; and
the mango tree grows if it is watered with water in which husks are soaked ;
Āirāvata and Nichulapatra grow by simple watering, but they grow also
if watered with flesh and paddy washings.
149. For the (growth of) old Āmalaka trees the pulse māṣa is extremely
beneficial ; for young Tinduka trees application of water and milk is very
helpful ; powders of barley help the growth of cocoanut trees ; and all
trees rapidly grow if in the planes.
150. Mango trees bear very fragrant and sweet fruits at an early date
if they are watered with decoction made up of milk, pañcapallava, i.e.,
leaves of mango, Aśvattha, Vata, Plakṣa and Yajñadumura, together with
the fat of deer, boar, jackal, elephant, horse, etc.
151. A decoction made up of clarified butter, kuṇapa water, vacha,
and pig's stool—is extremely favourable to the development of fruits of Dāḍima
trees. And water or decoction made up of powders of kulattha is favourable
to the roots of the same tree.
152. If one, after besmearing the trunk of a pomegranate tree with
Saphari fish and powders of triphalā (fruits of Āmalaka, Harītakī and Bayeḍā),
applies to its roots the powders of above three fruits and mango paste and
also fumigates with frankincense, the fruit of the said tree is sure to be as
large as the palmyra fruit.
153. If one waters a fruitful Kādamba or Nāgakeśara tree with the
compound liquid made up of curd, fermented rice water, wine made out
of rice, plum, sesamum, menthi, kuṇapa water, and wine prepared from
sugar and milk, they are sure to bear innumerable fragrant flowers.
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