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may be formed at little expense. Hard dry gravelly wastes, if 
found to support any kind of bush, are also suitable site 
flat, and a little heap of stones or any kind of iS bris, about the 
size of a molehill, piled over each, care being taken that me 
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there is any sort of stunted tree or scrub vegeta ation, w 
occasional sprinkling from a monsoon shanks the tree is likely re 
per.” 
Dr. Trimen adds (l. c. p. 4) :— 
* Experience of the d in the botanic garden here has 
proved the general accuracy of the above remarks. "There can be 
no doubt of the hardiness of the Ree, its readiness of « culture, 
and adaptability to circumstances It grow s equally readily from 
cutta and Madras, but the wet season seems to have killed it at 
ninge ore. It would seem especially adapted for the dry and 
rren districts of our eastern and northern Lui d ret or in the 
hor districts, but it would not be wise to risk it in localities 
where the temperature is liable to fall below 60^ F." 
In the following notes the results are given of the results of 
the attempts to establish the Ceara rubber tree in our various 
colonies and possessions. 
CEYLON. 
The cultivation of the Ceara rubber tree was carried on with 
considerable energy in Ceylon for many years, Numerous 
experiments were made to find out the best means = ee the 
trees and producing the rubber in commercial quant 
n the Kew Report for 1880 (pp. 17-18) the following informa- 
tion is given on the authority of Dr. Trimen :— 
* Of the three species of South cordes trees here in cultivation 
(the successful introduction of which was due to Kew. See Kew 
Reports, 1876, pp. 8, 9; 1877, pp. 15-17, Manihot Glaziovii is 
still the only one which has flowered. Seed of this has been 
supplied during the year to the Government gardens in India 
oratra, Saharunpore, Ootacamund) and distributed as widely 
as po mong the planters in the colony, 24,550 seed s having 
Lon: us disposed of, as well as 1879 rooted cuttings. We have 
so sent small quantities to the Botanic Gardens of Singapore, 
onis Jamaica, British Guiana, and Kew, the Acclimatization 
Society of Queensland, and Mr. Low, Her Britannic Majesty’s 
Resident in Perak.” 
Dr. ae adds :—* This plant is now flourishing in Cey lon in 
suitable places and proves very hardy ; in the new estates in the 
Vusdunpé district it is ae tu be thriving, but to have 
own itself intolerant of w 
Dr. Trimen wrote in his Rae’ for 1883 (p. 12) :—* A planted 
area of 977 acres is credited to this cultivation, but rubber has 
