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J mbiu-catu, which means * goo 
eat.” A drink as well as a conserve is made from it 
CLIMATIC REQUIREMENTS. 
te 
grows from or even 4,000 to 5, feet above the sea is, 
according to Marval Irmaos, of Bahia, incorrect, the E RUE on 
which it occurs being but of 500 to 600 feet elevation. 
CULTIVATION. 
But little pesos information is to hand under this head. In 
most of the great gardens of Asia and the West Indies the tree 
Seems not t e grown, aitkonch in 1880 steps were taken by 
the Botanic Gardens of Kew to cultivate it. Seeds were Tenat ie 
and ps raised at Kew, but of the result we have no 
informatio 
At any oie, the tree needs no shade. Experiments are needed 
as to the best method of propagating it, which in the Province of 
Sao Paulo is done both by cuttings and from seed. 
YIELD. 
gy sor little is certain at present about the yield. When four 
ears old, or, according to other trustworthy authorities, 
when six years old, the tree e is mature enough to be tapped. This 
f 
incisions, by the use of a little moist 2a» a trough is made to 
district, celebrated for its coffee—as much as 11 lbs. of juice may 
_be obtain A colouring matter in the bark gives to the fresh 
"juice a delicate rose tint. 
: The latex from the little clay s troughs is then poured 
into larger vessels, and mixed with alum (Stauss' method). This 
produces coagulation in two or three gi Bie Two teaspoonsful 
drain The product thus prepared is in the form of large 
ken called biscuits ; it still contains much water, and belongs to 
"m of caoutchoucs known as moist rubbers. 
