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2 francs a pound. Several hundred thousand young Landolphias 
were planted. The only practical way being found to be to sow the 
seed at the foot of the tree up which it was destined to climb Cut- 
tings and sowings in nurseries, for transplanting did not give <r 00 d 
results. A small number of Heveas , and about 3,000 Castifloas 
were planted. Ceara seems however to do best in most places, 
brom Ceara trees six years old an average yield of about £ lb. 
rubber was obtained. Five rubber schools were started and the 
rubber collected by them is used to defray the school expenses. 
Two men were sent by Sir Walter Egerton, from Nigeria to 
learn the methods of cultivating and preparing rubber. 
New Caledonia does not appear to be a very suitable place for 
r Kf b - er '^ ^ certain quantity chiefly from the Royalty Islands was 
obtained from ‘ wild banian trees. ” There was a feeble attempt to 
introduce the planting of the better sorts but it came to nothing and 
Mr. Consul Brophy, doubts there is enough moisture to make it 
to quality PnCeHe SayS haS been g ood ; 3*- to 4 j-. a pound according 
THE OLD RUBBER TREE AT PENANG. 
This tree was tapped again in 1905 and produced 4 lbs. 12^ oz. 
fairly dry rubber. This makes the 10th consecutive year of tappino- 
and raises the total production to 31* lbs. 9 oz. The tree which is 
planted on very poor ground was figured and described in Bulletin 
1 9 ° 2 > P- 384, Plate V. It was planted in 1886 so that it was ig 
years old last year. Its yield is apparently steadily increasino- yet, 
as this is the greatest account it has produced inline year. In 1905 
it was tapped in December. In Mr. CURTIS, account of its yield 
(I. c. 385) it will be noticed that it gave less in April and May 1899 
than it did in November-December, 1898, and that in August-Sep- 
tember, 1901, less than in October— November, 1900. This rather 
confirms the theory that the best returns are always at the end of 
the year. The average therefore of the yield of this tree for 10 
years has been a little over 3 lbs. per annum. It is tapped with the 
simple herring-bone cuts only, and in 1905 was only cut 14 times. 
This might have been carried on considerably Ion o-er, as the last 
tapping gave 8 oz. rubber, and the yield would have'been yet higher. 
H. N. R. 
LARGE CEARA TREE IN INDIA. 
A planter writes to the “ Indian Planting and Gardening, April 
28th, 1906. ” Your planting reader may be interested to learn that 
a Ceara tree planted about 25 years ago on a coffee estate (about 
4,000 feet above sea level) on the Shwaroy Hills measured 78 inches 
