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FICUS ELASTICA FROM SEED. 
Ficus elastica, like all other f ^“ d '■ ^difficuuToraise. It should 
seed, and some planters hav “ boxes shou i d be isolated 
be sown in boxes of fine earth, d ar£ very troublesome in 
over water, to keep of ? * n ‘* na „ s ee ds when sown, carrying them 
many places in destroying - to p j eces , A good plan 
off to their nests and n ^b\in| J on vv00 den 
adopted at the Ayer Kerch Gardens t, tall to be 
stands in a pond and as the P'^ inkled in the box A 
transfered to the ground, successfully by sprinkling the 
number of plants were -- ^ j hp Botanic Gardens in Singa- 
pVri in HereThe ants did no? find them, and indeed had no sod to 
make their nests in. almost always a failure on 
Raising turf from grass ■ se i find out the seed sprinkled 
wh?ch < mus?destroy S a eonsiderab^quantity of seed. Ed. 
THE DEMAND for INDIA RUBBER. 
There is no question that the 
rapidly equalling its avadable supp y. <rrea f er profit is there- 
raw material are progress, vely “ d f n ’ ce ^ es a . e thus given 
fore assured to the grower, and and further to 
to develop M ' s kmg supplms d most thorough curing. Some 
bicycles ha. "generally increased the^emand^and^thts promises 
not only to continue .but to ^ q{ Peh i,-le's thus fitted, but 
as 
... «r"'r •> ™ kh " 
for insulation and other purposes. because it is 
Thefinestqualityof rawrubbmrjs Para,sO outh ^ ^ Amazon> 
shipped from a port of tha _ , of that river, where for 
being sent down from the . ' ipp ( , bee „ j n t | le habit of collecting 
the past fifty years the natw c „„ sidera ble efficiency for long 
and preparing it— thus attaim ig qualitv of gum 
experience, l here is no reason why skill and 
should not be secured if rom oriwr sources f only the 
care are employed Th nnol :, S com p ; ,raiivelv worthless, 
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