India rubber world . oasplanted from selected seed. In the first instance they wereplanted in the open, about 9 feet apart, on rolling land whichhad good drainage. Measuring the circumference of thetrunks a foot above the ground, I got a fair average of , and an estimated average height of 22 feet. The ban-ner Caslilloa was a seedling planted in the open that measured32 inches in circumference and 25 feet high. All of these treeshad every appearance of health and vigor and gave forth milkabundantly. From the records shown me, they were a trifleover four years old. In the second insta
India rubber world . oasplanted from selected seed. In the first instance they wereplanted in the open, about 9 feet apart, on rolling land whichhad good drainage. Measuring the circumference of thetrunks a foot above the ground, I got a fair average of , and an estimated average height of 22 feet. The ban-ner Caslilloa was a seedling planted in the open that measured32 inches in circumference and 25 feet high. All of these treeshad every appearance of health and vigor and gave forth milkabundantly. From the records shown me, they were a trifleover four years old. In the second instance, grown in partialshade, such as produced fine cacao, with the land more leveland not well drained, the trees being planted at exactly thesame time, and from the same lot of seed, I got an average inches for circumference a foot above the ground, and an the cacao plantation, and the twenty-five varieties of pineap- average height of 6 feet. Anyone would not seem to need a 294 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD EI, LA I IN 1 A. HEADQUARTERS OF THE PLANlA I 11 >\ COMPANY. more graphic illustration than this of the necessity for observ-ing proper conditions in planting, and further, as a warningagainst planting in badly drained land or in the shade. It is well to note that where these failures appeared therewere several wild rubber trees that we estimated to be 25 or 30years old. They seemed to be perfectly healthy and bled free-ly. The only reasonable explanation of this is that they wereseedlings that grew up slowly in the densest sort of forest whenthe tremendous surface growth was so luxuriant as to be able topartially drain the ground through its great leaf areas and alsolift and make it porous by the leverage of myriads of thrustingroots. The partial clearing of the land later stopped most ofthis aerial drainage and the subsequent rotting of the roots al-lowed the ground to sink into a solid, water-sodden mass. The land at La Ventura seemed to be first leaf mold, then
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