. India rubber world. 90 deg. I-. .August 20 75 deg. F. 92 deg. F. September 22 72 deg. F. 88 deg. F. October 18 68 dcg. F. 85 dcg. F. Xovenibcr 5 65 deg. F. 83 dcg. F. December 3 62 deg. F. 80 deg. F. Rainfall 124 inches. Both higher and lower temperatures have been recordedduring the period under consideration—but the extremeswere but a degree or so—nor are tlie annual variations ofrainfall very great, not exceeding fifteen inches. .\t Buena Ventura the rainfall over a period of 14 yearsshows an average of some twenty inches less, the variationannually ranging from 90 to 115 inches, tho the
. India rubber world. 90 deg. I-. .August 20 75 deg. F. 92 deg. F. September 22 72 deg. F. 88 deg. F. October 18 68 dcg. F. 85 dcg. F. Xovenibcr 5 65 deg. F. 83 dcg. F. December 3 62 deg. F. 80 deg. F. Rainfall 124 inches. Both higher and lower temperatures have been recordedduring the period under consideration—but the extremeswere but a degree or so—nor are tlie annual variations ofrainfall very great, not exceeding fifteen inches. .\t Buena Ventura the rainfall over a period of 14 yearsshows an average of some twenty inches less, the variationannually ranging from 90 to 115 inches, tho the averageatmospheric humidity throughout the year is greater, witha lesser rainfall, owing to less marked dry periods and ahigher average of cloudy days, caused by proximity to oceaniceffects. This data may be said to fairly characterize the bestof the rain forest districts of Spanish .America north of theIsthmus of Panama fronting the .Atlantic or Caribbean sea. Our few trees at liuena \entura are growing in a dark. Hevea Tree at Buena Ventura. loam soil underlaid with a light yellow somewhat porous San Selerrio, in very dark claj- loam underlaid at varying•depths with a very light colored stratified clay, and in someinstances with a rotten shale-like formation into which manytree roots penetrate and upon which several Hc^ea trees some seven or eight years of age are in a most flourishingcondition and are being tapped with most gratifying results,several thousand one year plants are also in a healthy EI Palmar the soil is the regular Cordoba coffee soil,a chocolate colored granular soil underlaid by a bright redporous clay. Here some 50,000 one, two and approachingthree-year trees are also in a line healthy state;—one feelsinclined to say, hard to beat anywhere. Some years since Ivisited the Batavia Estates, situated in the State of Oaxacain the Tuxtepec district, and I saw there a few very fine treesof llevca, then some six or seven years of age; and at
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