THE WHOLE ART OF Rl'BBER-GROWIXG 



IX. — Trees That Count — Castilloa Elastica : The 

 Despised Darien — Castilloa Elastica Compared 

 with Hevea — Character of Latex — Method of 

 Tapping 92 



X. — Trees That Count — Funtumia Elastica : A Tragic 

 Story — Purely an African Species — A Forest 

 Autocrat — Ruthless Native Action — Prospects 

 and Acclimatisation 100 



XI. — Trees That Count — The New Manihots : (a) M. 

 Dichotoma ; -(b) M. Piauhyensis ; (c) M. Hepta- 

 phvlla. no 



XII. — Interplanting : The Catch Crop — The Chinese 

 and Tapioca — Disappointments — The Value of 

 Tapioca Land — Gambier, Coffee, Pepper, Cotton, 

 Pineapples, Coconuts, Tea — What Experience 

 Teaches. . . . . . . . .119 



XIII. — Assimilative and Secondary Rubbers : Guayule — 

 Jelutong — The Landolphias — Palo Ama'rillo— 

 Ecanda or B'tinga — Blikrodea Tonkinensis — 

 Mangabeira. 130 



XIV. — Clearing and Planting Forest Lands : Cost of 

 Laying out Estates — (1) Hevea Brasiliensis— 

 (2) Manihot Glaziovii. 137 



XV. — Future Prospects : Demand for Rubber — Pos- 

 sible Plantation Production — Planting Must Con- 



tinue 



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XVI. — The Soya Bean — A Chance for the Capitalist. 146 



