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CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE * . . ,, . . . . . g 



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I. INTRODUCTORY : Early Experiments in Plantation 



and Tapping . . . . ... . n 



H. TREES THAT COUNT HEVEA BRASILIENSIS : A 

 Tantalising Puzzle Hevea Rivals Diseases 

 Machinery Inconsistencies Remarkable 

 Growths Hints to Planters . . . .18 



III. HEVEA BRASILIENSIS: Tapping Systems Impor- 

 tant Discoveries. . . . . . .31 



IV. HEVEA BRASILIENSIS : Preparing a Clearing Close 

 and Wide Planting The Effect of Wind Holing 

 and Weeding Manuring. . . . . -41 

 V. TREES THAT COUNT MANIHOT GLAZIOVII : Flour- 

 ishing in Alien Lands The Manihot at Home 1 

 A Tree for the Enterprising Planter Treating 

 the Seed Sowing The Young Tree No Inter- 

 planting How and When to Tap ... 47 



VI. MANIHOT GLAZIOVII : Tapping Freaks Propaga- 

 tion in India, East Africa and Elsewhere Ex- 

 perimentsThe West Indies, Hawaii, and Cey- 

 lon Peculiar Habits of the Manihot Propaga- 

 tion and Rate of Growth Value to the Manu- 

 facturer. . . 60 



VII. MAXIHOT GLAZIOVII : Sovereignty as Plantation 

 Rubber Planting and Environment Tapping 

 Metfiods . . . . . . . .76 



VIII. TREES THAT COUNT THE Ficus : The Rubber 

 Tree of the East Age for Tapping Value of the 

 Latex An Epiphyte The Seed- Growth In 

 Plantations Uncertainty of Yield Habits in 

 Various Lands ....... 85 



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