. Canadian trees worth knowing [microform]. Trees; Arbres. 160 TREES cnt species botanists li.'ive identified. The rubber plant, popular in this country as a pot and tub plant, is one of the best-known species. In its East Indian forest home it is I he "Assam Rubber ; It may begin life as an air plant, fixing its roots in the crotch of another tree, in vvhieli a chance seed has lodged. A shock of aerial roots strikes downward and reaches the ground. iVfter this the iree depends upon food drawn from the earth. The sup- porting host tree is no longer needed. The young rubber tree
. Canadian trees worth knowing [microform]. Trees; Arbres. 160 TREES cnt species botanists li.'ive identified. The rubber plant, popular in this country as a pot and tub plant, is one of the best-known species. In its East Indian forest home it is I he "Assam Rubber ; It may begin life as an air plant, fixing its roots in the crotch of another tree, in vvhieli a chance seed has lodged. A shock of aerial roots strikes downward and reaches the ground. iVfter this the iree depends upon food drawn from the earth. The sup- porting host tree is no longer needed. The young rubber tree has by this lime a trunk stiff enough to stand alone. Assam rubber, which ranks in the market with the best Brazilian crude rubber, comes from t:ie sap of this wild fig tree, Ficu,'^ Clip off a twig of your leathery- leaved rubber plant and note Aic sticky white sap that exudes. In the highest priced automobile tires you find the manufactured product. Dried figs have always been an important commercial fruit. These imported figs are from trees that are horti- cultural varieties of a wild Asiatic .';)ach the ground and take root, and thus help support the giant, horizontal limbs. These amazing trees, members of the genus , some- times extend to cover an acre or more of ground. To walk under one is like entering the darkness of a forest of young trees. By the clearing away of most of these aerial. i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rogers, Julia Ellen, b. 1866. Toronto : Musson
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