Show ij i THE KUMbl ll TREE h i Inoliiollnn In Ilnlol tl Ilro it I 1 nrnn III the oath Those familiar with the southern portion of Klordls an aware of the fact that the rubber trim IB mUiici u < here and growl In great r > rnf II in jlth i coasts south of a lin ii I i > 1 t from i = New Smyrna any the I in i 1Itlee Many Urge trie KM mi I mho eitt I coast there belnr iw 1 i wll 1 knwn I monarch one at Ir V liinrhl a place about six miles south of KIM lodge l and another on Will ianart 1 i pi ice at Lake Worth To the alive roimt less I numbers of Immense muuer tnei ore known but as Phi u < builbausa has not yet been 1 developed here they I are very little noticed On the W1 street the ti sea are abundantly abund-antly prominent and arum an open bid for the people of our stile 10 tnve u gnte their value At thb lime when the people are looking for new iventtes In natural products of I4 e soil lo replace re-place the orange culture It would be immina to suppose hunt they would utllliK the wild rubber ir e on any of the key long the coot mix could And n rulihe plantation or titi In nn adV ad-V stage ot growth At Anna Marl Key at the niirnnee lo the harbor Col John 11 Jon bnA a place upon which Ii one of three trees with flue xpsrntc trunks ilmtlnr to a banyan tree The Isgeit trunk Is eleven feet 111 elrcnmtcr e the others measure twentyeight twent neven and eighteen Inches respei lively When the lop of these tries tmeomo loo spreading they send down n sucker which lake root and usxlsts In tho support of Ihe branches Hitch a tree as mentioned above covers n largo area and would afford good icvenno were Us great flow ot aap I utilised Cot Jones on April 14 ISM planted n little rubber nursling eighteen Inches In height On Feb H 1808 that tree I stood five feet ten Inehc high khnwlng with what rapidity they grow In their wild state without any cultivation |