LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Wild Ficus Elastica . . ... . . . . . . . . 59 



Hevea Planted 1889; Photographed 1903 . 60 



Hevea Trees at Sunnycroft . . ..... . . . . . 62 



Johnston's Pier, Singapore . . . . . '". -\ . . 66 



Malay Village, Pulo Bram, Singapore .... . . . . . 67 



Orchard Road, Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . 68 



Field of Para Rubber (Hevea) . . .... . . . 69 



Shoots from a Fallen Hevea Trunk . . . . -.-".; . 7 



Gutta-Jelutong Tree . . . * % . . . .-.; . . * . 7 1 



Malay House in Johore . ..' . . . 74 



New Mohammedan Mosque, Johore View from Seaside . . . . .75 



Istana of the Sultan of Selangor . ' . ... ' .. . . 77 



View of the Plantation of the Selangor Rubber Co., Federated Malay States 



(Hevea and Ficus Interplanted) . ...!". _','. . - 7 



Four Year Old Hevea, Klang Estate .... .. ... ',." . . 80 



A River View from Klang . . ... . . ' . .-.-.. 81 



Mr. Bailey's Bungalow, Klang . . . .-..:. . . . . 82 



Four Year Old Planted Ficus . . \ . , . . ... . 83 



Rubber Plantation View in Selangor, Federated Malay States . ^4 



Rubber Plantation View in Selangor, Federated Malay States ... 85 



Rubber Plantation View in Selangor, Federated Malay States . . ' . . 86 



Hevea on the Vallambrosa Estate^ Klang . . . . - . . . . 87 



Cutting a Road Through Jungle . . . ....'... . 88 



View on the Plantation of the Selangor Rubber Co., Federated Malay States . 90 



Young Hevea Seedlings in Beds, in Manure Test . . -. 9 1 



Native Hut in the State of Vera Cruz . . ..,....-. t 95 



Cane Fiber Raincoat . ...... . . . . . . 96 



Cocoa Fiber Raincoat . . . . . . . . . . -97 



Map of Mexico (Itinerary of a Visit to the Rubber Plantations) ... 98 



Primitive Means of Transportation 99 



Maquey Plantation Near Mexico City 100 



Snow Capped Orizaba . . . . . . . . . . . I01 



Mountain Climbing Engine . . . . . . . . . .102 



Looking Down Upon Maltrata from the Train . . . . . . 103 



Street Scene in Cordoba 104 



Ficus Benjamina .......... IO 5 



La Junta Corner of Rubber Field One Year Old 106 



La Florencia Plantation House . . . . . . I0 7 



La Florencia Tapping Large Wild Rubber Tree ....... 108 



La Junta Headquarters of the Plantation Company . . . . . 109 



La Junta Rubber Plantation Seen from Trail 109 



Interior Camp No. 4 on Plantation Rubio ii j 



Water Front at Manititlan .112 



La Florencia Trail Through Forest Growth . . . . . . IT 3 



La Florencia Coffee Among Rubber Trees Three to Five Years . . .113 



La Florencia Fine Stand of Rubber Two to Four Years Old ... 117 



La Florencia Large Cultivated Rubber IT 7 



Hotel Palomares, IVJanititlan . . . . ' . - IJ 9 



