IMPERIAL INSTITUTE 
Now2877/1910 
London,16th AUGUST 1910 
Sir, 
In connection with the investigation at the Imperial 
Institute of rubber-yielding plants and their value it 
is intended to arrange a reference collection of the 
British rubber plants,with full information respecting th&> 
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nature and value of the rubber which each plant furnishes 
For this purpose it is desired to obtain the following 
materials from each British country in which rubber yield¬ 
ing plants occur: 
Botanical (herbariumSpecimens of the indigenous 
rubber-yielding plants* 
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Photographs of wild rubber plants and of planta¬ 
tions (if any);also of the collection and prepa¬ 
ration of rubber* jt 
Representative samples(about 4lb.' each) of the 
different forms of rubber produced. 
Any other exhibits which may be of interest in 
connection with rubber production* 
Statistical information regarding the produc¬ 
tion.of rubber in each country 
This section will not interfere in any way with 
th© larger exhibit which any country desires 
to make in its Court in the Galleries of the 
Imperial Institute,but will be a reference collet- 
—tion .Illustrating the rubber resources of the 
Empire as a whole.it is very desirable that ever 
country should be adequately represented,and I 
shall be much obliged if you will cooperate in 
