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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6
2. Ceara Scrap (Manihot Glaziovii).—
2. Ceara Scrap (Manihot Glaziovii).—
Burma.—
Major Seaton reports:—" A quantity of seed of this India-rubber tree was received during the latter part of the season from the Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon; and at the request of Dr. Thwaites, an intelligent lad was deputed to Ceylon to receive instructions in the cultivation of India-rubber plants."
Calcutta.—
Dr. King reports:—" The Ceará rubber promises to grow well in Calcutta. The seedlings received from Kew have thriven vigorously, and some of them are now 20 feet high. The Director of the Botanic Garden in Ceylon having, at the request of the Secretary of State for India, undertaken the propagation of this species, a quantity of seeds of it were distributed by him to Indian officers during the year. Supplies were, I understand, sent to the Conservators of Forests in Burmah and Assam, and to the Inspector-General of Forests for Madras. A large supply was received at this garden, and a thousand seeds were sent, at the request of the Conservator of Forests for Bengal, to the officer in charge of the forest plantation near Chittagong. The seeds received here have begun to germinate, and I expect before long to be in a position to issue supplies of seedlings for trial in different parts of the country. The plant appears to thrive very well in Upper India, and if the quality of rubber yielded by it in this country turns out to be good, its introduction may prove of much importance."
Singapore.—
Mr. Murton reports:—" Ceara Scrap rubber must be omitted from the list of rubbers adapted to the climate of the Malayan Peninsula, as it has invariably rotted off during continued wet weather."
Zanzibar.—
Dr. Kirk informs me that with him the Ceara rubber yields seed most abundantly, but the seeds are slow to germinate.