India rubber world . end of a long ridge,on each side of which, with a rare eye to effect, were planted gorgeous flow- LA -,UNTA RUBBI ering and foliage plants, and trees valuable for lruit and for or-nament. Very modestly the presiding genius showed me sixty-five different species of palms, probably the largest collection inthe Americas. Not only were there palms native to the tropicalparts of America but there were specimens from Java, Ceylon,New Guinea, Queensland, the Fiji islands, New South Wales,and a score of other remote places. These were gathered, notas part of the planting propositi
India rubber world . end of a long ridge,on each side of which, with a rare eye to effect, were planted gorgeous flow- LA -,UNTA RUBBI ering and foliage plants, and trees valuable for lruit and for or-nament. Very modestly the presiding genius showed me sixty-five different species of palms, probably the largest collection inthe Americas. Not only were there palms native to the tropicalparts of America but there were specimens from Java, Ceylon,New Guinea, Queensland, the Fiji islands, New South Wales,and a score of other remote places. These were gathered, notas part of the planting proposition, but from a plant lovers in-terest alone, which they seemed to appreciate by growing lux-uriantly. Then too, I must not forget the collection of orchids thathung from the bamboo lattice outside of the house, and clungto the trees on all sides; nor the orange, lemon, lime, grape-fruit, banana, and plantain trees, a notable part of the gardenequipment. I looked with interest also on the vanilla vines, YIELD pies, but my chief thought was rubber and so, I soon found,was his. I do not wish to make my planter friend blush, butwhen I found the work he was doing, how widely he was con-sulted by planters both in Mexico and in distant tropical lands,I was more than ever impressed with my wonderful luck in thusstriking oil when first I began to bore. So I asked ques-tions, and questions, and questions, and took notes most cop-iously all the time. One of the first points that ! wanted settled was, whetherhere or elsewhere, there were Caslilloa trees either wild or cul-tivated, that did not yield latex. So we both start-ed out to find one such tree, by cutting the outerbark —indeed during all of the trip I cut trees bythe hundred just to prove this point—but found none except inone instance, which will be related later. I was much interested also to note the differences in the latex as it issued some instances the tree would send forth a perfect showerof milkwhite
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