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Manihot Glaziovii for normal tropical climates. 

 Manihot Dichotoma for rather dry regions. 

 Manihot Pjauiensis for light sandy soil only in 

 rather dry regions. 



These three varieties are very suitable for elevations ; especially Dichotoma 

 and Piauiensis which have been successfully planted up to 5,500 feet. 



Seeds true to name 



carefully prepared and tested, we supply for trial orders, postage paid to all 

 countries, in 



Parcels of lOlbs. net at £3, 



after receipt of money order or cheque. 



10 lbs. contain about 3,700 seeds of Dichotoma or Piauhiensis; about 6,300 

 seeds of Glaziovii ; if requested the parcels can also be assorted, according to 

 orders in two or three of these varieties.' — Prices for bags of 135 lbs. on 

 application. 



Gevekoht & Wedekind 



Hamburg 1. 



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GROWN WITH SUCCESS ON A VARIK1Y OP SOILS 

 IN THE COOL MOIST CLIMATE8 



of the warm parts of the globe: It flourishes 

 on the laterites and loams of the West 

 Coast, and is likely "to take to the hills 

 of Prome, where its cousin the custard-apple is 

 established as a forest. The adaptability of the 

 species in responding to factors of climate and 

 soil that are foreign to it and seemingly unfav- 

 ourable to its acknowledged requirements must 

 be regarded as a feature of some significance 

 in its possible wider prospective dissemination. 

 Burma is a country in which good fruit is scarce; 

 its " grapes are sour,'' in a literal sense, and, 

 though the indigenous Upper Burman mango is 

 better, the majority of the very large output 

 of its native fruits is of a quality, which can- 

 not be said to pass muster with other similar 

 grades in the East. It is, however, a great 

 fruit-eating country,— greater,in fact, than maDy 

 others of its size : it consumes with avidity 

 all it can get and will eat any, whatever its 

 odour or taste, that can be conveniently eaten 

 at all. Consumption of fruit often begins with 

 that of the flower even whilst it is enclosed 

 in the bud and, continuing with zest through 

 all the stages of its growth, fails to stop 

 even at putrefaction itself. In the presence of 

 conditions of " taste " such as these, it will, 

 I believe, be conceded by many that there is 

 a great future for fruit cultivation in Burma,— 



for improvement in the grades of its indigenous 

 fruits and for the introduction of others both 

 cheap and good. The cherimoyer, which may 

 be grown with just the same ease as any of 

 the other naturalised anonaceous fruits, 

 points to being one in this select latter 

 class ; and, if successfully grown, is likely to 

 become a greater favourite with the Burmese 

 than even the "sweetsop," for, it is both sweeter 

 and prettier by far, and they are a people that 

 is ever charmed with all that is really pretty 

 and sweet.— A.M.S. —Capital, July 4. 



BORNEO RUBBER. 



The British North Borneo Herald, of June 

 17th, states : — Mr. Aston, the general manager, 

 took us over the Leila Park Estate, where on the 

 steep rocky land above and beyond his bungalow 

 are planted some 38 acres of rubber and coffee 

 (robusta). Here is an example of what rubber 

 can do : boulders sticking out here, there and 

 everywhere, and yet not an inch of planting 

 space wasted, and the rubber, except on the 

 most exposed hill-tops, or where the deer had 

 been nibbling at the top shoots, looking won- 

 derfully well. The furthest boundary of this 

 estate is only a little over a mile from the Gov- 

 ernment offices, and the company must be con- 

 gratulated on making full use of the whole of 

 a very valuable property so close to^the town. 



