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from that pest or that it will injure the rubber tree. The cut 
worms have, of course, attacked the rubber tree, but that 
when they were only very small and the trees were protected 
by the grass. I think that hereafter there will be very little 
trouble with the cut worm. 
There is one thing that we should all be prepared for and 
that is the importation of any rubber varieties. We have here 
all the kinds that we want now and the only danger in the 
importation of more is the bringing in of new pests through 
importing trees. There is very little danger from the seeds, 
yet someone might find some new species of pests, and there 
is where the danger is, because in Ceylon there are several 
root diseases which are very serious pests. They have also 
the white ant which attacks the green timber of the rubber 
tree, and it is kn6wn that in Ceylon this species attacks the 
timber of the rubber tree. In shipments of plants from Ma- 
nila we find all kinds of pests and of course we are always 
very careful to see that they are killed before being landed. 
There is one pest that Mr. Austin speaks of in his letter, and 
he sent me specimens of it. They are two small beetles which 
he found in the root of the rubber tree. They are a common 
native species, and I told him that as far as my conclusions 
at that time were concerned, the beetles had appeared on ac- 
count of some sap remaining on the tree after the tree was 
cut, and that always draws beetles. I do not think that that 
pest really would be considered as a pest of the rubber tree. 
Evidently it was not very alarming because I have not heard 
anything more about it. 
The rubber growers are very fortunate in having so few 
pests, and I think it will be possible to keep out any others. 
President Lufkin appointed Messrs. F. L. Waldron and 
George P. Cooke to take up the matter of sending a repre- 
sentative of the Association to attend the London Rubber 
Exhibition in June. 
Messrs. Wade Warren Thayer, Albert W^aterhouse, and A. 
L. Castle were appointed as members of the Publicity Com- 
mittee. 
Messrs. George P. Cooke, F. L. Waldron, and William Wil- 
liamson were named as the Committee on Markets and Mar- 
keting. 
After tendering votes of thanks to Dr. Wilcox, Mr. Hosmer 
and Mr. Ehrhorn for their able addresses, the Convention g.d- 
journed. 
