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Show RUBBER FROM PINE TREES IS ! LATE DISCOVERY I't.ih. and the wesi In general. ! may vie with tropical cllmea In the production of rubber, It hgv-Infj hgv-Infj been discovered that the liar':; of hulsam roots contain approximately approx-imately '2 per cent rubber. The technical name for the rubber rub-ber producing balsam tree is ' Baleamorrhlzal sagltatta " in peeponxe to ; regueel from Dr. H. M . Hall of the Ogrnegta Institute, of Washington, a number of buh'am roots, of the sort suitable suit-able in rubber production, have been secured through the research department of the local forest hcud'i nutters. Thus fur. 1 1 in i ported, the production pro-duction of rubber Trom the balaatti root has not raj p 1 i oninu roigl i Importance nn . |