RUBBER PLANTING IN CEYLON 



the cut and held in position by forcing its sharp edge under the bark. 

 These cuts, by the way, are about a foot apart, sometimes closer, and 

 all run in the same direction, the herring bone and the V-shaped cuts 



"HEVEA" RUBBER TREE. 

 [Suspended, to show extensive lateral root growth.] 



being no more in evidence. The practice is also followed now of cutting 

 a very thin shaving from one side of the cut, every other day; eleven 

 times, in other words, reopening instead of tapping. Before placing 



