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most 



rv^u-u-i • j.i — i '"""^ "" c vl me iiiukl interesting 



exhibits in the show was the vulcanised and coloured rubber 

 exhibited by Mr. M. K. Bamber, Government Chemist in Ceylon. 

 Mr. Bamber acts, not on the coagulated and macerated rubber, but 

 directly on the latex with the necessary reagents, and then 

 coagulates, giving a perfect intermixture. 



is Teli^T^ rUbb , er Can th6n be WOrked U P int0 whatever 



vulcaSt Z % °l dl ™ TJ . Waj) and finall y heated > wh ^n it 

 mixture o> ml ° f , the £ ° St P™ misin g of his exhibits was the 



sTlohuri^ ™ht 'n bber ' The fibre ' cleaned > is »oaked in 

 ^ btcted t hv^ v llK COa ^ ulated and then dried, and finally 

 blocks Sihhtt ° PreS ? re , and valcani8ed ^ *ne result being 

 also be Uu-n^ of^ i aTemen 1 t ' ^ By this method "*ber can 

 vash m- L^^^L a "f S2L de ^f ed ' and the co ^ur will not 



advantsg 



the most noteworthy features of ^tVi , -, ?* n 8 t0yS ' Une 0± 

 daily lecturer In tL the Exh tbition was a series of 



cu ivatton L \ .™ ous parts of th « rubber industry- 

 crops i e° s s' ^S?' ^T** \° London > vnlcanisation, catch- 

 ?3Sfi&^ of the 



being put together into a EoT^S? ^Ml?* SL 23 



treatise* to be in the h a n,l« n f • WlU torm a staD 



, m ne m the hands of everyone interested in rubber. 



Wight 

 With the 



X ZS DU ^T^ qUantity of 8eed « t^en 



on bv Mr? c ? l^^ have been submitted 



t The ,1 Hi J * C 1 ormsll 5 from Steyne, Bembri.I-e, 



— — exception tf 77° ^ ° n Bradin S Arbour Marsh°es 

 Cornish. -4he conSs of th mmute sllell - fi *V' writes Mrs. 

 similar to those sen ''The *pL^° PS C ? nsisted entirely of seeds 



of Zostera marina L Th?! f ? 10n were f ouua to be those 

 out, proved to belong to M^ pre8ent ' on bein £ 80rte d 

 brackish water, with those of p ma i - ****^ a species of 



water, and of Xassa, inLbittol ST*' & S ° inha »iting brackish 

 ffenci-.! iw °«*> mnaoiting truly marine lrw»»iiH<«, rp,_ *_ 



The two 



than one species of each genus m^vh!' nd * 1S P ° ssible **** mor< 

 Iu a subsequent note on the IT be + re P resented in the collection, 

 good as to add the inf omit ton 5? 5^ Corni * h has been so 

 •" the marshes wherTSe bi ^ *"**"" does not ^ row 



fresh water or brackish m^J^T^^ 8hot ' The > are 

 Cornish states, "grows freely to thf'tr ^ plant ' however, Mrs. 

 ment.' The thr & ee spectos o toE, ^i^' outside the Embank- 

 were taken were Pochard Widgeon Du ? k n from which the seeds 

 !!!*1™^^ - 0— JWtad. The 



^B C D y i^ er ****** Ha 

 Wyman & J 



To be obtained" romDulau v'r' W J lli8 ' M - K " Bam ber, 

 «, Lxmited, Fetter iTne Sndon fc^V,** . 8 "-^ o^ 



