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The great No. 2 yielded 45 pounds 3^ ounces of dry 

 rubber in seventy-six days, an average of just over 

 9J ounces a day. This tree far surpassed any other. 

 No. 439 in the Riverside Plantation is next in order to 

 No. 2, with 24 pounds g\ ounces, an average of a little 

 more than 5 ounces a day. The next two in point of 

 yield, Nos. 401 and 438, are also in the Riverside 

 Plantation. The trees of this plantation averaged for 

 the thirteen trees 12 pounds f ounces, against n pounds 

 15 ounces of those a generation older, and 7 pounds 

 T2 ounces of the Second Plantation. The superiority 

 of Riverside must be attributed to some extent to its 

 proximity to the river. 



But the yields from all these trees are good, and can 

 only be attributed to the fact that they have had room 

 to extend in one direction. In Bulletin No. i of Sep- 

 tember, 1912, p. 8, the yields of some trees of the 

 Second Plantation are given as equal to an average of 

 1*4 pounds per tree per annum. These trees are planted 

 12 feet by 12 feet, and Dr. Lock attributes the small 

 yields to close planting. From this view there would 

 appear to be no escape, as within a few yards of these 

 trees others, 12 feet from their neighbours in one 

 direction, but in the other with ample room for roots and 

 branches to extend unchecked, have far surpassed them. 



An examination of the manner in which these pro- 

 ductive trees have branched and developed foliage 

 reveals the remarkable power of Hevea to adapt itself 

 to circumstances and to take opportunities. If we may 

 be permitted a pleasantry, we can say that there is 

 nothing of the Turveydrop about Hevea; it despises 

 deportment. Its motto seems to be, Get to air and 



