Resin. Caoutchouc. 



Liugasana, 7 (?) years old .. ... 5*9 94*1 



12(?) .. ... 5-3 94-7 



Moga, 8 



12 

 Simpnr, 







13 



13-1 86-9 

 11-5 88-5 

 17-0 83-0 



... 13-0 87'0 

 ... 12-4 87-6 



'' These places are arianged in increasing- altitude above sea level : the author 

 lowing by them that altitude increases the resin, but you see from them how 

 decreases it. 



" I am trying to get materials for working this out in India, 



"Your rubber contains much less resin than the trees of the Government 

 antation of Assam. " 



11. The following rubber samples were collected and are 

 xhibited in the Garden Museum : 



Manihot Glaziovii (Ceara rubber). 



Hevea braziliensis (Para rubber). 



Castilloa elastica (Central American rubber). 



Cryptostegia grandiflora. 



Ficus elastica (India rubber). 



Fibre Experiments. 



12. Jute. This was tried on two plots the first situated an 

 igh ground and heavily manured with poudrette and the other 

 n low unmanured ground inundated twice during the con- 

 nuance of the crop. The seed was received from the Director 

 E Agriculture, Bengal, and the cultivation and extraction of the 

 bre was conducted under the advice of a Mahomeden jute 

 xpert cultivator from Bengal. The results of the trial are given 

 i the table below, Early sowing was considered an important 

 ictor in the cultivation of the crop and the current year's experi- 

 lents are arranged accordingly. No final opinion can of course 

 3 arrived at through, one year's experience but the trial seemed 

 orthy of repetition. A preliminary note on the cultivation 



f jute was drawn up from instructions given and carried by the 

 spert and embodying the experience of its cultivation at the 

 oona, Milnjri, Bassein and Lanowli Stations and subsequently 

 orrected by Mr. Einlow, Jute Expert to the Government of 

 lastern Bengal and Assam, and is placed on record for future 

 uidance. It is given below : 



Note on the cultivation of Jute in the Deccan. 



Soil and sit nation. The medium black soil of the Deccan on moderately 

 h "-round is excellent ; that at the Ganeshkhind Botanical Gardnes is 





