The Supplement to the Tropical Agriculturist 



Rubber Growing on Waste Land. 



Land which is not fit for growing Hevea rubber trees or Coffee, Cocoa, 

 Tea, etc., can be made to yield good profits by cultivating the new 

 varieties : — 



Manihot Dichotoma Ule for Clay Soil 

 Manihot Piauiensis Ule for Sandy Soil 



Both of these varieties also grow well in dry regions with very good results. 

 For trial orders we send 10 lbs. {about 3,700 seeds) by parcel post, includ- 

 ing postage, on receipt of £3. Always state full postal address. Bags 

 of 135 lbs. at the rate of 3/6. per lb. delivered in Hamburg. Orders may be 

 booked through your European Agents or sent direct to us. 



Detailed information on application, 



Gevekoht & Wedekind 



Hamburg 1. 



Telegraphlo-Address : "Gevekind Hamburg." 

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and Singapore. The plant is now therefore to 

 be regarded as definitely established in the East 

 Indies, and with ordinary horticultural skill, in 

 tne course of a few years, in raising an indefi- 

 nite number of young plants. 



Beyond keeping a small stock for occasional 

 distribution it does not appear that this estab- 

 lishment is called upon to t^ke any further steps 

 for the propagation and distribution of this 

 plant to India. 



I should add that on November 21st, 1876, Mr 

 Cross reached Kew with about 1.000 young 

 plants brought direct from South America. Only 

 about three per cent, of these plants survived, 

 and they, therefore, contributed but little to 

 our resources for distribution. 



2. Castilloa elastica — Rubber of Central Ame- 

 rica. Sir Joseph Hooker has already stated, in 

 a letter to the India Office, dated April 1st last, 

 what has been done with respect to this kind. 

 I quote the following passage: "The cuttings 

 brought home by Mr Cross were received on 

 October 3rd, 1875 (The 7,000 seeds received pre- 

 viously failed to germinate). Steps were imme- 

 diately taken to establish and propagate them, 

 and on August 9th, 1876, 32 healthy plants were 

 forwarded to Dr. Thwaites, 28 of which he sub- 

 sequently reported were well established in 

 Ceylon and doing well." 



On September 15th, 1877, a further consign- 

 ment of 24 plants, was transmitted to Or. 

 Thwaites in charge of Mr Morris, A few plants 



have also been sent to Mauritius and Singapore. 

 The propagation of this species will for the pre- 

 sent be continued at Kew, and during the en- 

 suing summer a further email consignment will 

 be sent to Ceylon. Cuttings do not strike so 

 readily as those of the Hevea, and the multipli- 

 cation of plants is therefore necessarily slower. 



3. Manihot Glaziovii— Ceara rubber. Mr 

 Cross brought to Kew, on November 21st, 1876, 

 seeds and cutting of this plant from which a 

 stock of 55 individuals was eventually obtained. 



On June llth of last year, four plants were 

 sent to Singapore and on September 15th, at 

 which date our stock had increased to 300 

 plants of all sizes, 50 were sent to Dr. King at 

 Calcutta, and 50 to Dr. Thwaites in Ceylon, 

 both in charge of Mr Morris. All the stems 

 collected by Mr. Cross were divided between 

 these two recipients. At the end of the year 

 our stock amounted to about 450 plants. 



There will be no difficulty thei ofore in sending 

 a supply of plants of this species to the Conser- 

 vator of Forests in Madras in accordance with 

 the wish of the Government of India. It will, 

 however, probably be most convenient to treat 

 Calcutta as the dep6t for the Ceara rubber 

 plants, as Ceylon must be for Heveas and Cas- 

 tilloas. 



With respect to plants of the Copaiba Balsam, 

 nothing can be done. From the five (5) seeds 

 brought to Kew by Mr. Cross, November 21st, 



