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count " on a plantation, we make no apology in put- 

 ting forward the claims of two plants only for this 

 special work. They are the Hevea and the Manihot 

 Glaziovii— the first on hot, moist lowlands, favoured 

 by a rainfall of not less than 85 inches, and the latter 

 on soils that are poor, dry, rocky, high in altitude, 

 possessing a rainfall of 50 inches and under, and 

 attacked more or less by a long period of yearly 

 drought. 



There are enormous stretches of land throughout 

 Ceylon, Southern India, Malaya, Burma, and other 

 British possessions in the Mid-East which answer to 

 these requirements admirably, and if only the invest- 

 ing public at home will grasp these facts, and realize 

 the immense advantages other than pecuniary that 

 accrue from tropical industries fostered under the 

 aegis of the British flag, then there need be no fear 

 for the future of our plantation rubber industry. 



