AND THE MALAY STATES 



are straight, single stems, but here several of the larger ones have divided 

 trunks. I had a look at a few specimens of the Castilloa elastica, but 

 they did not appear to be doing well. I was also interested to see a 

 good specimen of the Landolphia Horida, which did not strike me as 

 a vine that it would be at all profitable to cultivate. 



PORTION OF OLD ' HEVEA ' TREE. 



[Showing proper healing of wounds that do not pass 



through the cambium, and injury caused by those that 



go too deep. Wounds made by chisel and mallet. 



Heneratgoda Garden ; tree 13 years old.] 



It is here at Heneratgoda gardens that the first successful planting 

 of Para rubber occurred, and what is more important, it is due to the 

 eminent scientists in charge of this garden and that at Peradeniya that 

 we have any sort of knowledge of the growth and productiveness of 

 the Hevea tree under cultivation. Their work dates back to 1876 under 



