| 单词 | rubber tree |
| 例句 | The reason a rubber tree seeps latex when cut is that this is its way of saying to insects and other organisms, “Not tasty. Nothing here for you. Go away.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z On a previous visit to the Amazon I had seen runnels just like these on a rubber tree in an abandoned plantation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A skyblue Plymouth, with the sun in its tailfins, sped past young rice fields and old rubber trees on its way to Cochin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up on the cement parapet that separated the rubber trees from the driveway, and clapped her hands over Velutha’s eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And that became a delighted, breathless, Rumpelstiltskin-like dance among the rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Past the resentful older houses tinged green with envy, cowering in their private driveways among their private rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Blanca was raising a Brazilian rubber tree, a shy, squalid little bush whose one attraction was its price: it was sold by the leaf. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Chairs lined the walls, divided evenly by magazine tables, and there was the usual rubber tree expiring in the corner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A little way away, Velutha walked up the shortcut through the rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat up on her bed and looked out at the rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Chacko took the shortcut through the tilting rubber trees so that he would have to walk only a very short stretch down the main road to Comrade K. N. M. Pillai’s house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The man standing in the shade of the rubber trees with coins of sunshine dancing on his body, holding her daughter in his arms, glanced up and caught Ammu’s gaze. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Gray squirrels streaked down mottled trunks of rubber trees that slanted towards the sun. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria Isabel must use the roots of a large rubber tree to step up to her mother’s tiny wooden hut, which clings to the hillside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And the smell of a cunning Englishman ghost, sickled to a rubber tree, asking courteously for a cigar. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the camaradas paddled down the smooth river, they could see the surrounding forest peppered with Brazil’s famous rubber trees, which ranchers harvested for a milky-white sap called latex. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It continued to rain heavily, but they eventually found a huge tatajuba, a type of rubber tree, that was five feet in diameter around the base. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But the hevea rubber tree yielded something quite inedible — a thick, milky liquid we call latex. A new rubber source could save water, preserve rain forests and even prevent allergic reactions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The practice itself is thought to be 180 years old, with the bridges built from rubber tree roots nurtured for years to hold human weight. Best foot forward: the world's most striking pedestrian bridges 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Wait, there’s Ronald Reagan dancing with Meryl through the miracle of animated Photoshop, whoops, there’s goes another rubber tree AND the Berlin Wall. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z Lush monstera deliciosas, trendy fiddle leaf figs, hardy rubber trees, trailing pothos — need we say more? The best houseplants are hiding at Trader Joe's 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z On the way, pick up some artwork at the Art in Garden Gallery, with paintings hung on branches and sculptures scattered around a rubber tree grove. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z This miraculous cure-all is a hallucinogen that attaches itself to rubber trees. Review: ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ Where Majesty Meets Monstrosity 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The Terrazas de Salento hotel, which we found online, featured two floors wrapped around an open courtyard filled with flowers, banana trees, palms, rubber trees, ferns and plush moss. This jewel-like paradise in the Andes is one of Colombia’s hottest tourist destinations 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The authors also found a significant relationship between 35 domesticated tree species—including Brazil nut, Pará rubber tree, murumuru, and cacao—and the probability of earthworks. Laser mapping reveals hidden structures in Amazon—with hints at thousands more 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Open extra-duty model in play at Flushing Meadows - is only made from newly created, virgin rubber, which activists say leads to deforestation of rubber trees in the Amazon. Tennis ball wasteland? Game grapples with a fuzzy yellow recycling problem 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Open extra-duty model in play at Flushing Meadows — is only made from newly created, virgin rubber, which activists say leads to deforestation of rubber trees in the Amazon. Tennis ball wasteland? Game grapples with a fuzzy yellow recycling problem 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z For more than 30 years Babu Joseph has been tending rubber trees on his small farm in the southern Indian state of Kerala. India attempts to revive its dwindling rubber industry 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Europeans used Africans in the Congo Free State for all forms of labor, but primarily to gather ivory and harvest rubber from wild rubber tree vines. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The criteria range from zero deforestation to the proper management of rubber trees. Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Brazil Amazon 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Classic rubber tapping is done by slicing grooves into the bark of rubber trees and collecting the latex that oozes out. Brazil’s Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Normally the area is a haven of balmy 85-degree temperatures, seaside sunsets and thriving gardens of cypress and rubber trees. Florida needs workers to rebuild after Ian. Undocumented migrants are stepping in. 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Kerala used to be home to thousands of producers like him, who made a living extracting latex from small plantations of rubber trees, but over the last decade those numbers have dwindled. India attempts to revive its dwindling rubber industry 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Similarly, Sandro partly owes his start as an artist to his family’s riches, built on the backs of indentured servants tapping Brazilian rubber trees. The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Polyester from recycled plastic bottles will soon be used in its premium tyres, and both Continental and Goodyear are researching a dandelion flower that produces latex similar to rubber trees. Could flat tyres soon be a thing of the past? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Needing workers to mine the tin and tap the rubber trees, Britain encouraged Chinese to immigrate to Malaysia. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With thick, dark-green leaves, the rubber tree can grow into a tall, beautiful statement piece. 10 low-maintenance houseplants you are very unlikely to kill 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The rubber trees of Assam are under evaluation and it will be some years before they make much of an impact on India's domestic production. India attempts to revive its dwindling rubber industry 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z There was a rubber tree next to the water cooler that I was able to use as a landmark, and I located my desk. Opinion | Come to the office! We have bees! 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z For the experiment, the researchers created silicone replicas of leaves from a rubber tree at various stages of development. Microscopic Wrinkles in Leaves Ward Off Insects 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Paper Anchor Co. enamel keychains feature original plant illustrations, including rubber trees, fiddle leaf figs, pilea plants and more. The plant person's guide to the best holiday gifts 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Another told me: “The forest is an inheritance that we need to teach our children how to use. Our father left us the rubber trees.” Opinion | The Grandmother Trees 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Companies began manufacturing in latex, the product of rubber trees planted during British colonial times, but now work more often with synthetic materials. These gloves help fight COVID-19. But they're made in sweatshop conditions 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Johnson visited the settlement to see for himself the rubber tree that put Malaysia on the map. Five cities or villages outside United States named after an American president 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The company fired the tappers — workers who coax latex from rubber trees — in June after a blaze they set to clear marshland for farming burned 332 plants. Firestone tires built Liberia’s economy. Now, painful layoffs are sowing fear for the future. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Older rubber trees are more vulnerable to the disease, which causes them to eventually lose 90% of their leaves and affects their ability to produce latex, he said. Top rubber producer Thailand hit by fungal disease outbreak 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z A shaky wooden bridge takes vehicles across a small river to the site, overlooked by a cluster of rubber trees. As they build India's first camp for illegals, some workers fear... 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Her fall picks include: the philodendron, rubber trees and the visually interesting alocasia. ‘Plant influencers’ offer decor tips for fall houseplants | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The Brazilian Amazon is the only place on Earth where rubber trees grow in a wild state. Burning issue: how fashion's love of leather is fuelling the fires in the Amazon 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z And so her dining room is ornamented with trailing pothos, ZZ plants and a pink rubber tree. Momofuku’s Secret Sauce: A 30-Year-Old C.E.O. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Europe's colonial powers set about clearing vast areas of Asia to plant Hevea brasiliensis - more widely known as the "rubber tree". The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z We are walking between two rows of rubber trees, their monumental trunks and canopies forming a natural cathedral. Hereafter, Faraway, by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Set amid rows of banana and rubber trees near the little town of Kuravilangad, the sisters at the St. Francis Mission Home spend their days in prayer or caring for the aged. AP finds long history of nuns abused by priests in India 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z From an elevated mezzanine, visitors can view the tops of dominant trees such as the sugar palm, the rubber tree and the elephant apple. The must-sees on the National Mall 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Evidence of rubber trees being swapped for durian was evident across the farms of Raub. Durian: the foul-smelling fruit that could make Malaysia millions 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The rubber tree is thirsty, so environmentalists worry about water shortages, and biodiversity, as South East Asia's tropical rainforest increasingly gives way to large-scale plantations. The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The BJP men burned rubber trees and homes of the communist activists—trying to destroy the livelihood of these militants. How a right-wing political party can resort to murder and assault when it doesn’t get its way 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Botanical or natural latex is harvested from tropical rubber trees, and may be harvested from sustainably managed forests. Eco-friendly bedding has come a long way in 77,000 years | Provided by Bedrooms and More 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z “He’s told guys how many times that he hates negativity. He’s like the big ant that moves the rubber tree plant,” first base coach Tim Bogar said. Dave Martinez is calmly steering Nationals through choppy early-season waters 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Flamboyant trees that once prettied the countryside with branches lit by brilliant red flowers lie by the thousands alongside thick-trunked rubber trees. Three weeks since Hurricane Maria, much of Puerto Rico still dark, thirsty and frustrated 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Nearby, the world's largest rubber processing company Halcyon Agri is clearing thousands of hectares for rubber trees on its Sudcam plantation. The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Arfa Begum and seven of her family tried to hide under rubber trees near the Balukhali settlement where they arrived five days earlier. Monsoon rain adding to Rohingya camp misery 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z One local businessman says government money for development goes missing too, harmful in an area which otherwise depends on the skinny white trunks of rubber trees to sustain its economy. Repression is feeding the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But Bradshaw’s fiddle leaf fig and rubber tree didn’t just add oxygen, they opened up the home. How to make 800 square feet feel twice the size 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Others plant manioc in areas where rubber trees were chopped down decades ago. Deep in Brazil’s Amazon, Exploring the Ruins of Ford’s Fantasyland 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z But those new rubber tree plantations would take time to grow, and hundreds of other plants also produce latex, in varying quantities - even humble dandelions. The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z And he knew that they were an inherently sustainable product — latex is made from the sap of the rubber tree, an endlessly renewable resource. Eco-friendly, Nontoxic and Vegan: It’s a Condom 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees,” he said a year before his death. The Lasting Legacy of a Fighter for the Amazon 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Millions of rubber trees stood in martial rows, their catchment buckets resembling red fezzes. General Butt Naked, the Repentant Warlord 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Ford might have avoided such tragedies, and the ruinous management of the plantation, if he had sought counsel from specialists in caring for rubber trees or scholars of the Amazon’s capacity to thwart grandiose ventures. Deep in Brazil’s Amazon, Exploring the Ruins of Ford’s Fantasyland 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Despite the presence of rubber trees in independent Central American countries, the market never took off the way it did in colonial Southeast Asia. 8 Vintage Pictures Show the Global History of Rubber 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z And he regrets losing his copy of "Treasure Island," which he read as a boy in the branches of the family rubber tree, high above his frontyard. Not bound by history, L.A.'s Caravan Book Store continues to turn pages 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Rubber producers from the three nations—mostly smallholders farming a few acres of rubber trees—are under heavy financial strain following rubber’s 60% fall since the start of 2011. Top Rubber-Producing Countries Aim to Set Up New Trading Platform 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The commodity is produced by tapping into rubber trees and collecting and processing the liquid, known as latex, that drips out. As Commodities Slump, Rubber Falls More 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Brazil was home to Hevea brasiliensis, the coveted rubber tree, and the Amazon Basin had boomed from 1879 to 1912 as industries in North America and Europe fed the demand for rubber. Deep in Brazil’s Amazon, Exploring the Ruins of Ford’s Fantasyland 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Despite the presence of rubber trees in independent Central American countries, the market never took off the way it did in colonial Southeast Asia. 8 Vintage Pictures Show the Global History of Rubber 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z With the rubber tree, of course, and that’s where senior curator Elizabeth Semmelhack ventured for a new exhibit, “The Rise of Sneaker Culture,” at the Brooklyn Museum. The rise of the sneaker subject of new museum exhibit 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Natural rubber is produced by tapping into rubber trees and collecting and processing the liquid, known as latex, which drips out. Top Rubber-Producing Countries Aim to Set Up New Trading Platform 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z With the rubber tree, of course, and that's where senior curator Elizabeth Semmelhack ventured for a new exhibit, "The Rise of Sneaker Culture," at the Brooklyn Museum. From the rubber tree to Prada, the rise of sneaker culture subject of new museum exhibit 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The difficult and dirty work of tapping the white sap from rubber trees was assigned to indigenous people, who long ago had learned to use the sap to make waterproof shoes or balls. Feature: From deep in Peru’s rainforests, isolated people emerge 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Despite the presence of rubber trees in independent Central American countries, the market never took off the way it did in colonial Southeast Asia. 8 Vintage Pictures Show the Global History of Rubber 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z The humidity under the rubber trees was suffocating. Sold for ransom: on the trail of Thailand's human traffickers - BBC News 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The biggest impact has been in Southeast Asia—including the Xishuangbanna region of southwest China—which hosts 84% of the world's 9.9 million hectares planted with rubber trees, according to a new review. The tires on your car threaten Asian biodiversity 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z In many ways, Acre is the birthplace of the modern Brazilian socio-environmental movement, begun by workers who tapped rubber trees and tried to stop ranchers from clearing land. Stopping deforestation: Battle for the Amazon 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z “So farmers there are planting rubber trees instead of cocoa trees.” Valentine’s Day Chocolate Will Cost More This Year, as Cocoa Prices Rise 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z In 1926 the Firestone tire company acquired one million acres of Liberia for rubber trees, because the company was worried that colonial powers would cut off its supply. Tech Giants Invest in New Dreams of Grandeur 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The Baltimore Sun once likened his laid-back persona to that of a “rubber tree plant in an insurance office.” Hank Peters, architect of Orioles team that won 1983 World Series, dies at 90 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z And rubber trees soak up deep soil moisture, making it harder for native vegetation to thrive. The tires on your car threaten Asian biodiversity 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Born into a poverty in a small village, she worked on a rubber tree plantation and as a housemaid before making her way into politics. Hulk actor's foray into Brazilian politics 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Whoops, there goes another rubber tree plant and all that.... Michael Wilbon’s Jock-Sniffing, Jürgen-Baiting Rant It was not until the 18th Century that the first European, French explorer Charles-Marie de La Condamine, stumbled upon the rubber tree in the Amazon basin. A brief history of plastic 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z State media reported last month that many farmers were cutting down rubber trees in the central highland province of Dak Nong due to slow sales and a drop in prices. As Vietnam stretches rubber output, risk of price war grows 2014-04-08T21:03:02Z Some growers embrace agroforestry practices, in which rubber trees are mixed in with native vegetation. The tires on your car threaten Asian biodiversity 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Their as-yet-unpublished analysis suggests that a million rubber trees were felled annually for 30 years, with each towering giant bringing down perhaps another ten trees as it fell. Amazon ecology: Footprints in the forest 2013-10-09T17:20:27.567Z Mr Porquet owns 200 hectares of land; 100 for rubber trees, 50 for palm oil and the remaining 50 he leaves as natural forest. Ivory Coast hopes to squeeze the profits from palm oil 2013-09-09T06:53:30Z Swaying rows of neatly planted rubber trees have become the latest political battleground in , as thousands of farmers continue a week-long blockade of roads and railways to demand that the government subsidize low rubber prices. Thailand's Protesting Rubber Farmers Reflect Deeper Social Divisions 2013-09-04T09:05:24Z A landscape of low-lying scrub and plantings of new rubber trees testifies to that. Katha Journal: Orwell’s House Links Myanmar to Its Burmese Days 2013-05-24T01:41:19Z But rubber yields are lower than in monoculture plantations where rubber trees completely supplant original trees and shrubs. The tires on your car threaten Asian biodiversity 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Latex is derived from rubber trees and contains proteins that can be sensitizing. Balloons trigger latex allergy 2013-01-10T00:10:39Z "This is a park?" he asked, eyeing the beds of rubber tree plants, goldenrods and white snakeroot within. City Room: 'Trailer Park' Is a Park in a Trailer 2012-10-19T23:50:34Z Plantations of rubber trees and vines have been made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Among economic plants should be mentioned the coffee, cacao, citron, cinnamon, cocoanut and rubber tree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z He notes places where an oil refinery, a coal-fired power plant and a petrochemical factory will replace rice fields, cashew and rubber trees and jungle. Insight: Testing the limits of freedom in new Burma 2011-12-18T04:15:41Z The climate most appropriate for the growth of the rubber tree is that of the hot coast lands at an altitude not exceeding 1,500 feet. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z "And my hands are made of the rubber tree so I can wiggle my fingers easily and turn the keys to wind the machinery." Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z Beneath the towering palm and rubber trees, amid hundreds of crimson blossoms the Philadelphia men gathered in groups to discuss the outlook, while their horses grazed at their feet. Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z The young rubber tree has by this time a trunk stiff enough to stand alone. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z This explains why unsuitable species such as aspens are planted in north China, whereas eucalyptus and rubber trees proliferate in the south. China's new forests aren't as green as they seem 2011-09-21T17:20:02.833Z Alongside their primitive hut were a few rubber trees, which we knew by their scars. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z “There’s no way the Industrial Revolution could have so occurred so quickly and so widely if the world had depended solely on Brazilians tapping rubber trees,” Mr. Mann said. Findings: The Local Food Movement Is Rooted in Globalization 2011-08-29T19:27:05Z The Pará rubber tree, originally from Brazil, now occupies huge swathes of southeast Asia, providing the latex necessary to make the tires, belts, O-rings and gaskets that invisibly maintain industrial civilization. The Real Story of Globalization 2011-08-05T23:59:24Z A yellow, creamy liquid flows forth from the rubber tree into small cups placed beneath an incision made in the trunk. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z More often than not, also, the actual clear space is very limited, and rubber trees grow close up to the walls of the buildings. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z The rubber tree grows below, and a climate for barley is found in a few days’ journey towards the sky. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The company said in January it would spend about $52 million planting rubber trees in Cambodia to help counter the jump in latex costs. Rubber Rebounding 32% as Reserve Drop Drives Costs for Michelin 2011-02-27T21:00:52Z A party of men, some of whom are connected with the local government, are anxious to open up the interior of the country in quest of rubber trees. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z On the way to the airport, I paused for a haircut at an outdoor barbershop, a line of evenly spaced rubber trees with stools at their bases and mirrors nailed to their trunks. From the archives: In Search of Tiger Phong 2010-09-13T04:00:00Z Rubber-tree prunings and sawn rubber trees obtained by thinning-out may be used in mixture with dead wood, provided the logs are stacked to dry in the sun for some weeks before use. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Among the bananas were some rubber trees, their pale trunks scored with brown wounds, and under some of the incisions small tin cups adhered, fastened there with clay. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Latex, a material obtained from rubber trees, is a natural polymer of isoprene. Greener tyres: A radial brew 2010-04-22T10:36:00Z In the first instance, the Amazon was the natural habitat for rubber trees and therefore also the natural habitat for their predators. Fordlandia by Greg Grandin | Book review 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z Even in Asia, currently blight-free, planting new rubber trees often means cutting down rainforest, to general disapproval. 2009-12-30T10:39:00Z Clean Weeding.—Intimately connected with the growth and development of the rubber tree one has to consider the conditions under which it is allowed to mature. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z The palm and rubber trees grow like the forest trees in our own land. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 The various rubber trees have been employed with success. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" This meant that, in contrast to Asia, where imported rubber trees had no indigenous foes, plantations incubated disease. Fordlandia by Greg Grandin | Book review 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z First they'd got a lot of big rubber trees and palms, and filled the rooms full of 'em, with the floors covered with stage grass, and half a dozen grey parrots to let loose. Side-stepping with Shorty The argument has been used that, since the habitat of Hevea Brasiliensis is in the jungle, we should be proceeding against nature by introducing conditions unlike those under which the “wild” rubber tree grows. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Here the gum of the rubber tree is gathered and dried in chunks, placed in gunny bags and sent to all quarters of the globe in the crude state. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 ‘I don’t believe shoes kin be raised on trees any more ’n I believe rubbers grow on rubber trees, or oysters on oyster plants, b’gosh!’” Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club The curious soap and rubber trees of Brazil. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Probably the telephone in his rooms was jangling, vainly calling forth to sport with Amaryllis in the shade of the rubber trees Billy Magee—Billy Magee who sat alone in the silence on Baldpate Mountain. Seven Keys to Baldpate It needs small experience with rubber-tree plantations to be convinced of the necessity for dealing with other growths, which would otherwise soon surround and overshadow young rubber trees. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z We were returning from the scouting trip on which you sent us to locate new rubber trees. The Pathless Trail The soil and climate along the route are well suited to the cultivation of rubber trees, and considerable areas have recently been cleared of the dense jungle growth and set to young rubber plants. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions For a long time people thought that rubber trees could not be cultivated. Makers of Many Things Dimorphic branches in tropical crop plants: cotton, coffee, cacao, the Central American rubber tree, and the banana. All About Coffee In the midst of these plantations, rubber trees were set at intervals. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The rubber tree found in the tropical forests has become one of the most necessary of trees. Conservation Reader You know very well that the rubber tree itself is not pure gum, any more than the maple tree in America is pure sugar. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines The leaf of the pond lily, lotus, canna, maranta, rubber tree, magnolia, camellia, orange, and all leaves which have a waxy surface, should either be varnished or bronzed. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Each morning mid his rubber trees He rides an ancient hack, A cassock girt above his knees, A topee tilted back. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 Our road thither led us through seemingly endless forests of rubber trees and of coconut palms. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions They lived in great forests—the word N'gombi means "interior"—in lands full of elephants and rich in rubber trees. The Keepers of the King's Peace Magellan, the Spaniard, first discovered the Philippine Islands while he was on a search for gold, though I think a rubber tree, or a bamboo, is more valuable than gold,” said the wise Padre. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines Alongside their primitive huts were a few rubber trees, which we knew by their scars. Old Junk Oil fields and rubber trees existed, one might say, as enigmas, until the internal combustion engine and motor cars dawned on the world and explained their riddle. In Mesopotamia With regard to the Indian rubber tree, the doctor said that it was only one of many trees producing caoutchouc—the Ficus elastica, I believe. My First Voyage to Southern Seas "Here is the N'gombi country from the east bank of the Isisi, and this is all forest, and a rubber tree to every ten square yards." The Keepers of the King's Peace “Could you pull the rubber tree out as high as the stars, and would it snap back again?” asked joking Moro. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines Planters were destroying profitable cocoanut groves in order to replace them with rubber trees. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country You have at last found the real rubber tree. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen Before it grew dark we took a turn in the garden, where he showed us the Indian rubber tree, the tea plant, and many other trees and plants which Mr Coventry had wished to cultivate. My First Voyage to Southern Seas I hope you will enjoy the cedar of Lebanon and the India rubber tree. Jerry Junior It is the gum of the rubber tree that becomes the rubber.” Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines From the same country comes the acacia, the rubber tree, and a large number of shrubs. A Truthful Woman in Southern California You buy two rubber trees 'n' then wait two years 'n' get fifty per cent till you die. Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs The lesson is that of Voltaire's story, "Candide," "Let us cultivate our own garden"—and plant a few palm trees in it—also rubber trees, but that is another story. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries After a few years, therefore, all the existing rubber trees and vines would have been bled to death, no new ones would have been planted, and the native would certainly have been over-worked and ill-treated. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Lady Sophie and her maid, Sir Harry and the princess—the entire household suite of the King of Gee-Whiz—were mad enough to taste also of the juice of this rubber tree. Heart's Desire The estrada led us past one hundred to one hundred and fifty rubber trees, as it wound its way over brooks and fallen trees. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Wax-palm trees, breadfruit trees, and rubber trees are found in these forests. Big People and Little People of Other Lands What's better, the man who milks the rubber trees on a plantation may live at home where he can be decently looked after. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries They saw the winding file of ascending elephants some distance beneath them and in great alarm climbed up a big rubber tree growing close to the path. The Elephant God Among them rise the banana, the palm, the aloe, the rubber tree, and the pampas-grass with its tall feathery plumes. The California Birthday Book Nature supplies the rubber trees, and the "boss" the tools to work them with; the philosophy of the rubber-worker goes no farther. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians I cite this to give point to my next great cause of destruction; the burning and clearing of vast stretches of country for the planting of rubber trees. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The Guianas, where the rubber tree was first studied, might be purchased. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Shall thy great voice, at whose behests Trembled a hundred martial breasts, Be heard without a smile Urging astonished Cingalese To tap the tapering rubber trees Upon their distant isle? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 A property of rubber trees has no real value—so long as there's a wilderness of rubber trees all round that's everybody's property. The Market-Place The rubber industry is extensive and thousands of the wild rubber trees are located and tapped. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Those regions, although known to be rich in rubber trees, are shunned by all natives. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 We can get isoprene by the distillation of turpentine—but why not bleed a rubber tree as well as a pine tree? Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Giant relatives, equally at home, are the rubber tree, mahogany, eucalyptus, cork tree and mimosa. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Everybody here thinks that it's a great business to own rubber trees. The Market-Place The tapping of the rubber trees and the smoking of the milk pays from eight to ten dollars a day in American gold. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians In addition to coffee and cacao attempts are being made in Congo Français to introduce the Para rubber tree, a large plantation of which I frequently visited near Libreville, and found to be doing well. Travels in West Africa Finally, the Hevea, the very tree the Frenchman wrote about, proved to be the best, and, although by no means the only rubber tree of commercial value, it is acknowledged the greatest of rubber trees. The Romance of Rubber Many florists make money by keeping constantly on hand ferns, palms, and other plants like rubber trees, which they rent out for social functions, weddings, and other occasions. Three Acres and Liberty And the evening after that I saw Blinks and Jinks, both more or less bandaged, sitting in a corner of the club beneath a rubber tree, making peace. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy "By Jove," said the Duke, turning to tap the leaf of a rubber tree with his finger, "that fellow's a Nigerian, isn't he?" Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Thence I went down stream for one hour to the grove of dolape palms and gigantic India rubber trees. Ismailia The ideal climate for the rubber tree is one which is uniform all the year round, from eighty-nine to ninety-four degrees at noon, and riot lower than seventy degrees at night. The Romance of Rubber It was very valuable because of its rubber trees.” Cap'n Warren's Wards This juice is not the sap of the rubber tree. The Romance of Rubber In the spacious corridor of the club a Hungarian band wafted Viennese music from Tyrolese flutes through the rubber trees. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Although millions of rubber trees still stood untouched in the Brazilian forests, only those trees near the river banks could be tapped because of the impossibility of getting the rubber out of the dense vegetation. The Romance of Rubber On this island is an orchard of rubber trees, as beautifully laid out and as well cared for as any orchard of fruit trees in our own country. The Romance of Rubber "If rubber trees grow from the seeds which nature scatters in the jungle," said Wickham to himself, "why should they not grow from seeds put into the ground by hand?" The Romance of Rubber If rubber trees could be raised from seed, they could be planted in the open in rows where they could easily be tended and tapped, and the rubber gathered quickly and safely. The Romance of Rubber And all night long, within its lighted corridors, the bubbling champagne whispered to the listening rubber trees of the new salvation of the city. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich About a third of the way up the Amazon River he placed in her hold several thousand carefully packed seeds of the Hevea Braziliensis, or rubber tree. The Romance of Rubber The moist but very hot climate which rubber trees require is found only in a zone around the world between the parallels of latitude thirty degrees north to thirty degrees south of the equator. The Romance of Rubber There is a curious coincidence in the fact that Wickham got his idea about planting rubber trees in India at about the same time that men in America began to experiment with the horseless carriage. The Romance of Rubber On this plantation the science of growing rubber trees has been brought to a perfection known nowhere else in the world. The Romance of Rubber Here, by experiment and inspection, the secrets of the rubber tree are being brought to light, so much so that growers look to this plantation for leadership in methods of rubber culture. The Romance of Rubber Who first thought of growing rubber trees on plantations? The Romance of Rubber South America gave us the original rubber trees, and the one man who, more than any other, was responsible for making rubber useful was the American, Charles Goodyear. The Romance of Rubber |
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