CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface . 9 



CHAPTER 



T. — Introductory : Early Experiments in Plantation 



and Tapping . . . . . . .11 



II. — Trees That Count — Hevea Brasiliensis : A 

 Tantalising Puzzle — Hevea Rivals — Diseases — 

 Machinery — Inconsistencies — Remarkable 

 Growths — Hints to Planters . . . .18 



III. — Hevea Brasiliensis : Tapping Systems — Impor- 

 tant Discoveries. 31 



IV. — Hevea Brasiliensis : Preparing a Clearing — Close 

 and Wide Planting — The Effect of Wind — Holing 

 and Weeding — Manuring. . . . . 41 



V. — Trees That Count — Manihot Glaziovii : Flour- 

 ishing in Alien Lands — The Manihot at Home — 

 A Tree for the Enterprising Planter — Treating 

 the Seed — Sowing — The Young Tree — No Inter- 

 planting — How and When to Tap ... 47 



VI. — Manihot Glaziovii : Tapping Freaks — Propaga- 

 tion in India, East Africa and Elsewhere — Ex- 

 periments — The West Indies, Hawaii, and Cey- 

 lon — Peculiar Habits of the Manihot — Propaga- 

 tion and Rate of Growth — Value to the Manu- 

 facturer. ........ 60 



VII. — Manihot Glaziovii : Sovereignty as Plantation 

 Rubber — Planting and Environment — Tapping 

 Methods . 76 



VIII. — Trees That Count — The Ficus : The Rubber 

 Tree of the East — Age for Tapping — Value of the 

 Latex — An Epiphyte — The Seed-Growth — In 

 Plantations — Uncertainty of Yield — Habits in 

 Various Lands ....... 85 



