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XXX. 



Rubber plants and industry. Camphor, Gums, and other special 

 products, partly spontaneous, partly produced by culture. 



Experiments with " Eucotnmia ulmoides," near Norwich 

 (Third Annual Report of the Forestry Comm.ttee, Cambridge) 

 Nature, Vol. 83, p. 358. London, May 19, iq lo . 



The Eucommia ulmoides is a tree which was discovered in the 



mountains of Central China; it is perfectly hardy and grows fast 



England. Its bark produces 5% of rubber, the quality of which 



eVS 1 uantities hav 



The World's production and Consumption of Rubber 



Monthly Consular and Irade Reports, 1909, Nov., 350. Wash- 

 ington, Gvt Print. Office, p. 214. 



Horace Lee Washington (U. S. Consul in Liverpool) furnishes 

 tfownig u.format.on concerning the present and prospective 

 luction and consumption of rubber : 



The importance of the rubber industry to Great Britain is in- 

 dicated by the value of its imports and exports. The imports 



068 Vf, mt V he United Kingd m in "> 08 """-ted to 

 .2 698 (209 5IS 894 frs), of which $27 850 730 (143 43I a frs) 



worth was reexported. An article in the Liverpool Post ^d m^ny 

 23, 1909, deals with the consumption of rubber, wherein 



Slows h Ws such a dominant place ' and is in P art as 



Recent developments in the rubber trade were undreamt of not 



' years ago. At the time \ve speak of no one anticipated 



^ard-cure Para rubber would advance to $2,05 per pound 



() Eu< mm ia ulmMes , Oliver, a MagnoHacea of China. By some given 

 , a producer of guUa-percha. See Kew's Bull, of MisceU. Inform. f 9 o, 

 PP. 89-94. Just. Bo.. Jahresb. XXX Jahrg. (.902). ,903. (Ed) 



