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1. Dec., 1897.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 463 
The Rubber Industry. 
‘Mr. BE. Cownny, manager of the Kamerunga State Nursery, has reported to 
the Under Secretary for Agriculture that seeds of rubber-trees grown in the 
nursery have germinated freely. “The seeds of the Ceara rubber-tree (Manthot 
Glaziovii), obtained from the trees sown in August, 1897, have germinated. 
This intéresting fact would seem to preclude the necessity of importing 
cuttings from Mourilyan or elsewhere. 1t has hitherto been considered that 
twelve months* would elapse before seeds of Manthot Glaziovii, planted 
naturally, would grow. It would seem, from what Mr. J. Medley Wood, of 
Natal, says, that plants obtained from cuttings yield abundance of seed. This 
has not been yet demonstrated at the Kamerunga Nursery, as no cutting- 
produced tree is old enough to bear seed. Perhaps the fact that Queensland- 
produced Manihot Glaziovii seeds germinate within three months from time of 
planting, under somewhat untoward seasonable circumstances, may be of value 
to intending rubber-planters. It would appear that each rubber-tree of this 
variety will yield at least 100 seeds when it is four years old—perhaps even 
more, and possibly somewhat earlier. 
* See article on India-rubber—Queensland Agricultural Journal, Part 2, p. 138. 
