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RUBBER PLANTING IN CEYLON 
the ground. In 1899 there were thirty acres planted 12X12 and ninety 
acres 14X14. The former measured when I was there, on an average, 
twenty-six inches at the base and sixteen inches five feet from the 
ground. In 1900 there were two hundred and eighty-five acres put 
into Para and forty-seven acres in “rambong” or Ficus elastica . There 
are also various other plantings of Para and Ficus, alternating, of Para and 
CUTTING A ROAD THROUGH JUNGLE. 
coffee, and of Ficus alone. The Ficus, when alternated with Para, seems 
to do wonderfully well, as does also the Para. 
The greatest care is taken of this plantation, the whole area being 
weeded by hand until the shade becomes so dense that no weeds grow, 
all of the aerial roots of the Ficus being cut away except those that 
