Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-05-27
INDIA RUBBER TREES
WHERE THEY FLOURISH AND HOW
THEY ARE CLASSIFIED.
Ehe Para Method Of Smoking the Sep
to Produce COaEuIatiOn-ORe of Ma
lures Gifts For which MaA Can De-
wise No Substitu ute.


wise No Substitute.
The steadily increasing demand for
india rubber, the great variety Of its
uses and the failure Of attempts to de.
wise any satisfactory substitute for 1t
were facts suggested by converse
ton with members Of the staf Of the
New York botanical garden incidental
to an inspection Of the india rubber
economic collection In the gardens
museum.
This collection Is an exceptionally
good one, comprising herbarium speci.
mems Of the leaves, seeds and fruit Of
rubber plants and trees, Il specimen
OF the milk or sap which is the basis
OF india rubber aud samples Of the
commercial product in its various
stages up to and including vuicunizl.
ton. All the principal varieties of rub.
Der are represented, and in the gar
den'S greenhouses are living spcci.
iA'ho VI wv PlthNS IAONhNi as Nh' ~
The most notable exhibit in the eco.
nOmic collection is bottle OF the milk
from Para rubber tree, pure white
aud looking like cows milk, very n.
Gently presented 10 the garden by John
Lane Beck, who brought it from Peru
Such II specimen is said To be extreme
~ rare In the temperate zone Then
there are samples of India rubber in
the various processes Of the manufac.
ture ana few specimens Of fully com.
p,etcd products. The most curious OF
the latter j. Il pair Of shoes made 10y
South American natives in the rude
mold OF foot shaped hole in the
ground, into which the rubber WAS
poured ia n scmiliquid condition and
fashioned IN the desired form while
ton % tools used in gathering the sap
from the india rubber trees, such as
the pick or Ratchet for wOuud.ng the
bark. the tin cup in which the sap Is
received a. it cXudcs, etc.
As j. generally known, the remark.
nb.c commercial product called india
rubber, or cauutchouc, is formed from
Tho milky juice OF various trees ana
shrubs. which is dried and coagulatel
The nrSt European knowledge ~ II
was derived through the second voyage
VI Columbus, when II was noted that
Rubber balls, said 10 be- made "of the
gum NJ tree were used in game
played ny the natives OF Haiti one "
III" truc4 yielding the Juice was gen.
crafty described by IorIEruada In
lGi1. but the first accurate Information
"1Nccrni"g any Of the caout'hour trees
WAS supplied by La COndam No, who
10 80 was sent 10y the French govern
m"u' - measure an are of the mcr ld!au
n'u- quito. in Ecuador. by the natives
" South America the crude india rub.
hor WAS rmpiovrd for balls used IN
games. fJr watcrproo'iug garments and
Tor ~" material Ot shoes. \ great ub
80. y" 4" any general us" ~ such rub.
h"- for long period after i h"ram"
known = Europeans wa, ~" fI"t that
"h.i" & , d"v and leather. X" ~ low
temperature 10 becomes sticky lUi very
sn't wh.- Gp1,cl to "a lsE ,"r. Ia
On" latter part " tAr ".G. ru'h cra-
tJ-y th' celebrated Epg ~ scientist.
Ir Hrr,'."y. who passed b.. later
v"hrs ~ thus cpuntry. directed pp.cI
attention n india rubber - % novelty
ipf rJaS.ug pencil marks stating mat
u Va, thea sod in England ia CuJ.ral
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