K. 6. 94 times by a complete Herring-bone 



123 times by a half Herrir<g-bone ... Total 217 ' 



VM. I. 63 times by a single basal Oblique 



cuts ' 



58 times by a half Herring-bone | 



57 times by a complete Herring-bones 

 210 times by a half Herring-bone ... Total 388 j 



WM. I. 30 times by a apair of basal Oblique I 



cuts the rest as above, i. e., after 

 the first year, as VM. I ... Total 355 



M. I. As VM. I and WM. I, but without j 



the first line ... ... Total 325 J 



M. 2. 30 times by two basal cuts 1 



57 times by a complete Herring-bone ! 



210 times by a half Herring-bone ... Total 297 



VM. 3. 63 times by a single basal cut < 



30 times by a chain-gamma j 



57 times by a complete Herring-bones ; 



210 times by a half Herring-bone ... Total 360 '. 



i 

 M. 3. As VxM. 3, but without the first line Total 297 I 



N. 179 times by complete Herring-bones ; 



210 times by half Herring-bones ... Total 389 



P. 65 times by two 'basal Oblique cuts. j 



296 times by half Herring-bones ... Total 361 | 



O. 37 times by half Herring-bone ... Total 37 ' 



VR. 17 times by complete Herring-bones 



172 times by seven kmg Oblique cuts Total 199 \ 



S. 61 times by Spiral ... ... Total 61 j 



Z. 27 times by (it is believed) a com- 



plete Herring-bone ... Total 27 



As is common knowledge to readers of the Gardens' Bulletin, ] 



rubber seed is sold from the Gardens from little tapped trees. 

 The seed bearers are the trees of the letters ab3ve, Q excepted. The j 



maximum amount of tapping — on B — comes to less than 17 in every 

 100 days. 



The old tapping rotation has been swept away. It entailed a | 



great deal of unnecessary labour because the trees simultaneously 1 



tapped were scattered all over the rubber ground. It was stopped j 

 in March, 1914 ; and instead from May, 1914, the trees of the Gardens 



have been and will be tapped by blocks or fields as nearly as possible | 

 equal. The new arrangement was put into force when in 1914, 



