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in March and April, though it is recorded as flowering in Sikkim 

 in November. Some of the normally terrestrial species are more 

 frequently found on the trunks of trees than in the ground ; 

 among them Habenaria latilabris and H. Elisabethcw, and 

 Herminium Mackinnoni has never been found growing in the 

 ground. 



W. B. H. 



The Ceylon Rubber Exhibition, 1906 -The following brief account 



of this exhibition has been received from Dr. J. C. Willis, Director 

 of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, in his capacity as 

 Chairman for publication of the results of the exhibition. 

 Dr. Willis reports that a detailed handbook of the exhibition will 

 shortly be published : 



An extremely successful Exhibition of Rubber has lately been 

 held (September 13th-27th) in the Royal Botanic Gardens at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, and marks a distinct stage in the progress of 

 this great new industry, an industry which owes it inception and 

 progress entirely to the forethought and aid of scientific men at 

 the various Botanic Gardens of Kew, Ceylon, and Singapore. 



Extensive buildings were erected in the Kandyan (or Sinhalese 

 mountaineer) style of architecture, and were well filled with 



forms 



-^ — ~— -~*~**v wimo XXVilOJ. 1.11*7 pidllKAblVSIin 



, y i, ' - a ay Peninsill a, and India, tools for the tapping 



and collecting of latex, manufactured rubber and rubber goods, 

 and other things, besides exhibits of raw rubbers from all corners 

 or the globe. Two large sheds were also filled with machinery 

 tor the treatment of the latex, and there were interesting side shows 



as well. 

 We 



ri™ «« i *"-«f«°* «* s'J iuiu ueiaus as to the exhibits, but to 



Smi^SA- /i Chlef ! HCtS connected ^ith the industry, and 



some of the chief lessons learnt at the exhibition. 



thJ* P^? v ag wS ei ' e ^' aS P. racticall y no rubber in cultivation of 

 exclusivelv ^J? T? hra t U ^\ &e kind that is now almost 

 ob?dn InJfln ? 6d to '* eecl was then all but impossible to 

 Ceylo^ took place in 



X OnU R Tn', i e orTf ly °! Seed was t0 ° sma11 to allow it to 

 fnd 'rv lZ i 902 haS th f re been P lentiful seed and the 

 abou TlS 000 aor'l ^'Ir ^ Pidly tiU noW in C *? 1 ™ there *™ 



of Perhaps md^JgJ^£^'A^- "^ 



hammeS ehL^h lv . nn ° f taPPing the trees in V's with a 

 are to cut spiral or ^1 g ° Re ° U ^ and the ,;lV0uHte m *thods 



of the cutj at inter^ froT Wo*?* "S ^ ** **F 

 advantage of the wonnd \ll t? 10 da y 8 ' thus getting the 



18i>7 and worked outTtf, P K nS t dlSCOVered b ? the writer in 

 The second tep^iTof a S £ ^ Parkin in Ce >' lon te l » 9 ^. 

 - the ^JS^^S^S^SZ iTe &*• ** 



