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by branch-cuttings, by root-cuttings, and by suckers. The only dif- 

 ficulty is said to be this, that but few plantations have mature trees to 

 allow of cuttings being taken. 



The Bombay Forest Department has made cultivation -trials with 

 camphor trees in some districts of the Kanara range 1 ). To all 

 appearances the plants thrive well there; the principal difficulty is how 

 to procure the seed from Japan. 



The Agricultural Expert of the Federated Malay States 

 reports 2 ) that an attempt has been made there to propagate camphor 

 trees by layers. Owing to insufficient care, the first plantations with 

 several thousand plants came to grief, but new layers have immediately 

 been put out. This report does not recommend the cultivation of large 

 areas, although the growth of the trees in the experimental garden is 

 described as very satisfactory, which in comparison with the trees of 

 the same age planted in Ceylon may be called very favourable, in 

 spite of the fact that the Ceylon trees were grown at higher altitudes, 

 which is considered more advantageous. Some 300 trees cultivated 

 in the experimental garden at Batu Tiga, only a few feet above sea 

 level, measured after two years already 12 to 14 feet. 



The annual report 3 ) of the American Bureau of Plant Industry 

 expresses itself very favourably with regard to the cultivation-experiments 

 made by the Bureau with camphor trees placed at its disposal by 

 various planters in Michigan and Florida. The 30 lbs. camphor 

 produced, yielded very satisfactory results on chemical and techno- 

 logical examination. It is believed that the camphor trees which occur 

 only sporadically in Florida, can be multiplied with good results after 

 careful investigation of the condition of the soil and irrigation. 



In his report on the Kenia forests in the British East African 

 Protectorate, D. E. Hutchins 4 ) mentions a very valuable tree to 

 which hitherto little attention had been paid, and which he calls "Ibean 

 camphor tree". The external appearance of this tree is very remarkable; 

 many specimens are of enormous size, 120 to 130 feet high and 8 to 

 1 1 Y4 feet in diameter. The green bark, green wood, and all herbaceous 

 parts of the tree possess a strong camphor odour, and the structure of 

 the tree as well as the build of the seed vessel point to a relationship 

 with the camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora). In a particular district 

 2,8 camphor trees were counted on an average per acre, and 51% 

 of all the timber cut originated from these trees; in the highest in- 

 stance, 1 / 3 of the total number of trees, and 78°/ of the felled 



*) Chemist and Druggist 70 (1907), 540. 



2 ) Board of Trade Journal of July 18, 1907 ; ace. to Journ. Soc. Chem. Industry 26 

 (1907), 889. 



3 ) Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter 71 (1907), 25. 



4 ) Chemist and Druggist 70 (1907), 974. 



