ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 106.] OCTOBER. [1895. 
CCCCLXXVIII.—NEW RUBBER INDUSTRY IN 
LAGOS. 
(Kickxia africana, Benth.). 
(Wits Prark.) 
In the Kew Bulletin, 1888, pp. 253-261, there is an account of 
rubber extracted at Lagos from the * Abba” tree (Ficus Vogelit, Miq.). 
A further account is given in the Bulletin, 1 pp. 89-93. "This 
rub though promising, *could not be used by itself," and atten- 
tion has since been devoted to other sources of supply. In West 
Africa it is well known there are numerous plants Fiere commercial 
rubber. 'The chief of these are species of the Apocynaceous genus 
Landolphia, dónsisting of climbing shrubs, with stems 4 to 6 inches in 
diameter dividing above into numerous branches, and supporting them- 
result of this was not SERRE apparent. . But in Ae is 
present Governor of Lagos, Sir Gilbert T. Carter, K.C.M.G., issued the 
following notice, as appears from the idi on the Botanic ‘Biation for 
the quarter ending the 30th June 1895: 
* His Excellency, the Governor, Vel to notify to the mercantile 
community rof Lagos that he has been able to induce a party of natives 
from the Gold Coast experienced in rubber collecting to come to 
' with a view to the development of this valuable and imporjant industry. 
The men have already inspected certain districts, which they report to 
be rich in rubber- -producing plants, and it is confidently hoped that 
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