PLANTATION RUBBER INDUSTRY OF THE EAST. 



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ages in Ceylon on the alleged authority of Dr. Trimen,^ and 

 similarly C. O. Weber, in his " Journey to a Rubber Planta- 

 tion on the Isthmus of Colombia, " cites tappmg experiments 

 on some 250 trees, also by Dr. Trimen.^ As far as I can 

 ascertain both these alleged quotations are incorrect, i.e., 

 they do not refer to any experiments conducted by Trimen. 



XVIII. — Other Rubber Yielding Plants. 



1 '« Tropical Agriculturist," XXII., p, 844. 



2 " Tropical Agriculturist," XXII., pp. 373-4. 



