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* We have also been able to comply with the requests for seed 
ceived from the Governments of bte cn British Colonies, and 
in a 1887 and 1888 we Ert o: 
Singapore (1888)  ... ; à db .. 11,500 seeds. 
Penang (1887 - Ai ies x me eeds. 
Fiji (1888) 1,100 seeds 
Queensland (1887) eds. 
D orneo Sy kon .. 40 plants 
Jamaica (through Kew, 1887) "s ge .. 2,000 seeds. 
( 93) .. 200 seeds. 
We have ST ET nes to the Botanic Gdidihá at Buitenzorg, 
Java, and to the German Kast African Company. 
* HENRY TRIMEN." 
At the beginning of ot Bg year Dr. Trimen’s successor, 
Mr. John C. Willis, F.L.S., issued a Circular (No. 4) in which he 
continues the record of ru i te er ORENG 1 in Ceylon The points 
dealt with in the following extract ee rp a wider circulation 
than they are likely to obtain in the Cir :— 
* The e m trees ripa in E at the Henaratgoda 
Garden ow very fine trees, with an average height of about 
60 ft., mid rofa ges at éft. above da ground of 4 ft. From 
their seed other plantations have been made in the Botanic 
seed has sold to private planters since 1886. There are 
about 450 pica in the Botanic Gardens, producing about 100,000 
seeds per annum. 
“ The number of trees on private estates in Ceylon is probably 
about 200,000, of various ages from one to twelve years. This 
number represents an area of about 750 acres. 
* Soil.—In its native country Hevea is a jungle tree usually 
growing in deep, rich, alluvial soil whieh is liable to be flooded 
during the wet seasons. The earliest plantations made in Ceylon 
found that if ees plants were well grown up, flooding did them 
no harm, whereas it was fatal to seedlings or very young plants, 
It would seem, chores ore, that what the plants really require isa 
damp soil, and this has been borne out by local experience. The 
of any great depth, r. eae? in msg tte the valleys are narrower, 
and the water ma sily ri — feet. Land liable to 
frequent flooding chowtd ehisvefobs wen oided. 
“Chena land has been tried at "s ngoda, but the result has 
been unsatisfactory ; sandy soil also has been found unfavourable 
to the growth of Hevea,and the tree also grows badly where 
exposed to much win 
t would appear doretere that the most suitable soil and 
situation for this tree is fairly flat land, at about sea level, with 
area 
rs pal is thus comparatively small, possibly not more t 
10,000 but, on the other hand, this eultivation need not 
interfere with that of cocoanuts. 
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