﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  Cook 
  

  

  Plate 
  19 
  

  

  An 
  Assam 
  rubber 
  Tree 
  in 
  Florida. 
  

  

  Our 
  familiar 
  household 
  "rubber 
  plant," 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  fig 
  (Ficus 
  elastica) 
  commonly 
  grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  for 
  

   decorative 
  use. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  native 
  in 
  northern 
  India, 
  but 
  thrives 
  in 
  Florida, 
  the 
  spreading 
  limbs 
  supported 
  

   on 
  aerial 
  roots, 
  like 
  the 
  ban 
  van 
  fig 
  of 
  India. 
  

  

  