It took more than money and man-power to lay the transatlantic cable. Gutta-percha, a natural plastic extracted from trees in Southeast Asia, sparked a craze in Victorian England, leading to its use ...
China has stepped into the forefront of gutta-percha tree breeding in the world, with four propagation projects for the medicinal tree passing the appraisal of specialists Tuesday in northwest China's ...
In the 1800s, a fashionable European gentleman would wear a top hat and carry a walking stick that served both as a decorative dress accessory and as a self-defence item against street crime. Although ...
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BOTANISTS who are interested in the cultivation of Sapotaceœ on a commercial scale, are beginning to realise the consequences of the careless methods that have denuded the Indo-Malayan regions of ...
It took more than money and man-power to lay the transatlantic cable. Gutta-percha, a natural plastic extracted from trees in Southeast Asia, sparked a craze in Victorian England, leading to its use ...
IN your issue of October 19 you report a communication made to the French Academy of Sciences by Messrs. Dybowski and C. Fron regarding the cultivation of Eucommia ulmöïdes, a plant said by them to ...
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