i6o 
This instructive specimen is prese 
Botanic Gardens. 
served at the Herbarium of the 
RUBBER PLANTING IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 
i , ,^r fhi- United Planter’s Association of 
In the proceedings of the l Superintendent of 
KSr&ffiS&te^se: 
Ceara however seems to be of at least 4,000 feet. 
Ilouris i . ron ' “ abundantly that thousands of seedlings can be 
S a iXrelei a ict trees can be found. Recent tapping 
picked up ranging from 8 to 14 years in age are 
experiments showed ;f )lows freely when tapped in 
thecorreiC season and the proper place. During the dry seasons 
when the tree is leafless the large root limbs should be tapped, all 
after the rains the tapping should be transferred to the trunk 
r peri n l f t: urltwei,,"' 
dfsdia'rge'and hardly any discharge at al! we seem to possess every 
degree of productiveness. 
It seems to be rather a constitutional feature that sonic trees 
contain more latjciferous jessels than ^’^^'"UaTex '(nVall 
pure ^rubber) a trifle over 3 lbs. and was still being tapped with 
tyood results and no diminution. 
* Ceara rubber is generally considered interior to the other cul- 
li r 
fivSintv ^e:, w P here the other rubbers are unsuitable. 
Ed. 
COTTON NOTES, 
p e sts Mr. MACHADO sends from Kamuning a number of bugs 
^ deseed in 
Bulletin Ser' i^p 274 and a well known Cotton pest, and not con- 
Sitseu tocotton but living also on the Sidas, and herbaceous 
Hibisci, common plants of waste ground. . , 
