AND THE MALAY STATES 



TRIMEN. 



WILLIS. 



year to Jamaica, Madras, Rangoon, Penang, and the botanic gardens 

 at Buitenzorg, Java, while from the crop of 1888 there were sent to 

 the Straits Settlements some 11,500, together with 1,000 to the Fiji 

 Islands. 



Dr. Trimen made annual measurements of a typical tree at Hener- 

 atgoda, which are as follows, the tree being planted in 1876. The meas- 

 urements are circumferential, and taken, as is the custom, three feet 

 from the ground : 



The first of the above measure- 

 ments was taken by Director Trim- 

 en, and the latter by Director Willis, 

 his successor, who says very justly 

 thatjnore useful data is secured by 

 measurements that give the mean 

 girth of all the trees. He therefore 

 measured in 1897, forty-five trees 

 that stand about thirty feet apart, 

 that were then twenty-two years 

 old. The measurement was taken 

 at about 5| feet from the ground. The largest tree was 7 feet 5 inches, 

 the smallest 2 feet I inch, the mean girth being 4f feet. 



In this connection it is interesting to note the measurements of wild 

 Hevea trees made by Robert Cross in 1877, near Para. These trees 

 had been tapped for from five to fifteen years, and their age was 



ur known. The figures are given here- 

 with. 



All of these measurements were 

 taken at three feet from the ground. It 

 would seem, therefore, that the trees at 

 Heneratgoda had about reached their 

 growth. 



It is as a seed-bearing proposition 

 that the garden I was visiting appealed 

 to me most. A hasty bit of figuring gave 

 me the total of between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 Para seeds that had 

 teen sent out to planters all over the Eastern tropical world. A wonder- 

 fully practical piece of work and one for which the tropical planter 

 should be devoutlv thankful. 



