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The folloAving list summarizes the early distributions 

 of Hevea from the Botanic Gardens stock to other 

 countries : — 



Burma : 516 plants, 1878 ; seeds, 1887. 



Nilambur : plants, 1878 ; 33 plants, 1879 ; plants, 1882 ; 27 



plants, 1883 ; 26 plants, 1884 ; 107 seeds, 1884 ; 300 seeds, 



1885 ; seeds, 1887. 

 Madras Agricultural Society : 3 plants, 1884. 

 Nagpur: 3,000 seeds, 1888. 

 Calcutta: plants, 1882. 

 Ootacamund : plants, 1882 ; seeds, 1887. 

 Andamans : 28 plants, 1881. 

 Singapore : 12 plants (Mr. Davidson), 1883 : 400 seeds, 1885 ; 



11,500 seeds, 1888 ; 300 seeds, 1893. 

 Penang : seeds, 1 887. 

 Johore : plants, 1881. 

 Perak : 40 plants (H. Walker), 1891. 

 Buitenzorg : 3 plants, 1884 ; seeds, 1887 and 1897. 

 Deli : seeds, 1892. 

 Sumatra : seeds, 1897. 



North Borneo : plants, 1882 ; 40 plants, 1891 ; seeds, 1897. 

 Saigon : seeds, 1 897. 

 Fiji : seeds, 1887 ; 1,100 seeds, 1888. 

 Queensland : plants, 1886 ; seeds, 1887 and 1889. 

 Mauritius : seeds, 1897. 

 British East Africa : seeds, 1891. 

 German East Africa : 500 seeds, 1891. 

 Jamaica : 2,000 seeds, 1887 ; 200 seeds, 1893. 



In 1894 Trimcn showed that the seed could be sent 

 long distances by post, if properly packed. 200 were sent to 

 Kew, every one of which germinated after being a month in 

 the post. 



Much has been made of the alleged failure of the Ceylon 

 planU;r to take up the cultivation of Hevea in the eighties. 

 The above records show that he had not much opportunity of 

 doing so. Hevea, Castilloa, and Ceara were established in 

 Ceylon in order that they might be transmitted to other 

 countries in the East, and the records prove that the 

 Botanic Gardens faithfully observed the conditions of their 

 trust. Only when the demands of other countries had been 

 satisfied weic Ceylon planters a])le to obtain seed in 

 quantity. 



