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Root of an India Rubber Tree at Colombo, Ceylon

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[Original caption] The tree grows to a height of 120 feet and has a large spreading head. A channel is in the bark with a cutlass for the mil to flow and is caught in gourds. The average yield is three pints of milk which is dried in hollow wooden trays. When sufficiently dry it is removed in strips and
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    		The Colombo Apothecaries

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