Excerpt from Rubber: Its Sources, Cultivation, and Preparation In the present book Mr. Harold Brown gives a succinct and, within the limits of such a volume, a full account of the present position of the production of rubber, with particular reference to West Africa. Although Hevea brasiliensis, the Para rubber tree, holds a predominant position as a source of rubber and considerable attention is naturally given to it in this book, the other principal rubber-producing trees, Funtumia, Manihot, Castilloa, and Ficus, are all dealt with in some detail, as are also the Landolphia vines and other minor sources of the material. As regards the prospects of rubber-growing in West Africa, apart from the indigenous Funtumia, it will be seen that the introduction of Hevea brasiliensis has been attended with success in the Gold Coast and in Southern Nigeria. Several samples of sheet rubber obtained from Hevea plantations in Southern Nigeria have been recently examined at the Imperial Institute and found to be equal in quality to the best plantation Para from the East. The book is written partly for the student and partly for the planter, manufacturer, and merchant. The characteristics of the trees and the principal features connected with their natural occurrence and their cultivation in plantations are therefore included, as well as the more technical questions connected with the tapping, the collection and the preparation of rubber. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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