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supplying  young  plants  to  such  parts  of  India  as  were  suited  for 
its  growth. 
On  June  14th,  1876,  we  received  from  Mr.  WiCKH AM  about  70,000 
seeds  of  which  about  4 per  cent,  germinated.  On  August  9th  we 
despatched  1,919  plants  raised  from  these  seeds  in  Wardian  Cases 
in  charge  of  a gardener.  Of  the  whole  consignment  90  per  cent, 
reached  Dr.  Thwaites  in  excellent  condition.  On  August  nth  50 
plants  were  sent  to  the  Botanic  Gardens,  Singapore.  Owing  to  the 
delay  in  payment  of  freight  these  plants  all  perished. 
On  June  nth  1897,  22  plants  were  sent  to  the  Botanic  Gardens, 
Singapore. 
In  October  of  this  year  Mr.  MuRTON,  Superintendent  of  the 
(jardens,  Singapore,  planted  himself  9 Heveas  and  i Castilloa  at  the 
back  of  the  residency  in  Kwala  Kangsa.  “ Mr.  Low  reports,  “ They 
were  brought  here  in  October  last  by  Mr.  MURTON  and  planted  at 
the  back  of  the  residency  and  are  growing  very  well.  They  were 
quite  small  when  they  arrived  here  but.  the  Castilloa  is  now  (July 
26th,  1878)  5 feet  high  with  branches  of  equal  length  and  the  Heveas 
vary  from  4 to  8 feet  and  are  growing  vigorously.’’  In  a subsequent 
report  dated  February  3rd,  1879,  Mr.  Low  writes  “the  Heveas  are 
now  12  to  14  feet  higF.  They  take  to  the  country  immensely. 
The  Castilloa  is  a large  tree  10  feet  high  with  branches  5 feet  long.’’ 
At  the  same  time  that  these  were  planted  some  Para,  Castilloa 
and  Ceara  rubbers  were  also  planted  at  Durian  Sabatang  (Teluk 
Anson)  but  it  appears  they  were  washed  away  by  a flood  shortly 
after. 
In  a later  letter  from  Sir  Hugh  Low  to  the  Royal  Gardens,  Kew, 
dated  December  iith,  1896,  he  writes  As  I am  writing  I should 
like  to  mention  that  the  Hevea  Braziliensis  which  having  received 
from  Kew  through  Singapore  I planted  at  Kwala  Kangsar  in  Perak 
grew  magnificently  and  fruited  I believe  two  or  three  years  before 
those  of  Ceylon.  I distributed  the  seeds  to  various  places  in  the 
neighbourhood  and  they  are  now  to  be  found  in  Mr.  H^LLS’  Coffee 
Gardens  in  various  parts  of  the  Peninsula  and  in  several  places  in 
Perak.  When  Mr.  SwETTENHAM  was  at  home  in  the  summer  I 
enquired  of  him  as  to  their  condition  and  found  they  were  not 
thought  to  be  of  any  value  as  some  Dyaks  had  tapped  some  of  the 
largest  trees  and  found  that  scarcely  any  juice  exuded  from  them  ” 
This  unfortunate  statement  seems  to  have  deterred  Perak  planters 
from  paying  any  attention  to  Para  rubber  for  some  time.  Sir 
Hugh  Low  obtained  some  seed  from  somewhere  in  1882,  and  gave 
it  to  Mr.  Wray  who  planted  it  at  Kwala  Kangsar.  This  may  have 
come  from  the  old  trees  there,  for  Sir  Hugh  Low  sent  seed  (50) 
from  Perak  to  the  Singapore  Gardens,  the  same  year  seeds  were 
distributed  from  the  Singapore  Gardens,  the  first  recorded  being 
sent  to  the  Bishop  of  Sarawak. 
This  entirely  disposes  of  the  statements  by  Wray*  and  others 
that  the  first  seeds  or  plants  introduced  into  Perak  were  introduced 
Notes  on  Rubber  growing  in  Perak  (Thai ping 
