Abstract
MR. H. A. WICKHAM re-tells the interesting story of the successful effort of the Government of India with the aid of the Royal Gardens, Kew, to introduce the Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) from Brazil to the eastern tropics. Though the tale, at least in outline, is fairly familiar, it is one that bears repeating, and as told by Mr. Wickham will, in spite of a certain ruggedness of style, be read with interest, since it has the advantage of being from the pen of one who can say with truth of the history he relates, pars magna fui.
On the Plantation, Cultivation and Curing of Parà India-rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), with an Account of its Introduction from the West to the Eastern Tropics.
By H. A. Wickham. Pp. iv + 78. (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 3s. 6d. net.
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On the Plantation, Cultivation and Curing of Parà India-rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), with an Account of its Introduction from the West to the Eastern Tropics . Nature 78, 388–389 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/078388b0
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