July 1, 1912.] 



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"HEVEA" AND "CASTILLOA" IN HONDURAS. 



PLANTATION BOCA VIEJO, Honduras, has recently taken 

 on a new lease of life and is going ahead rapidly in plant- 

 ing Hevea and Castilloa. The operating company was organized 

 in 1908 and the following year planted some 40 acres which the 



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The plantation of the Central American Rubber Co., in Hon- 

 duras, is reported to have 120.000 young trees ready for tran^ 

 planting next spring. The plantation includes a number of trees 

 old enough to be tapped. The production from these trees 

 amounted to 575 pounds last year, which sold at $1.15 per pound. 



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ViEjo ."^ND .\ View of the Larger Planted "Castilloa." 



native cal-itcins allowed to run out. A year later another effort 

 was made and about 6,000 stumps taken from the nursery and 

 set out. All this was done privately by three gentlemen, resi- 

 dents of the State of Washington— C. F. .'Xrmond. Dr. George A. 

 Gray and E. Wilson Farr. 



Quite recently the company has secured a grant from the gov- 

 ernment of Honduras for 2,100 acres of land, which they are 

 planting in Hevea and Castilloa, with windbreaks of cocoanut 

 palms. The combination of Hevea and Castilloa would seem to 

 be one very practical solution for planting throughout Central 

 America, and those who keep in touch with plantations in the 

 section named will observe that more and more Hevea is being 

 taken en with excellent results. 



"Hevea" in the Nursery Beds — 9 Months Old — Boca Viejo 

 Plantation. 



It is said to be shown by the experience of Americans who 

 have acquired plantations in Honduras that rubber trees in that 

 countrv begin to vield in four years. 





-Castilloa" Stumps in Partial Shade, Boca Viejo, 

 Plantation. 



The stockholders of this company are chiefly residents of Spo- 

 kane and Tacoma. 



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The course of rubber culture in Honduras is illustrated by the 

 United States imports of crude rubber from that country. 



Pounds. Value. 



1906 93,126 $55,709 



1907 104,334 76,444 



1908 102,010 65,865 



1909 76.133 39.985 



1910 148,813 117,808 



1911 88,748 80,660 



"Hevea" on the Boca Viejo Plantation— 14 

 Months Old. 



The accepted authority on South American rubber— "T&e 

 Rubber Country of the Amazon," by Henry C. Pearson. 



