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74 x 94 mm. A view showing a rubber tree with an abnormal development of surface roots owing to shallow soil.

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77 x 96 mm. A view looking along a pathway through the plantation, lined with rubber trees. The caption reads 'One of the fine Funtumia avenues of seven-year-old trees for which Molive is famous'.

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97 x 72 mm. A view of a Funtumia Africana branch at the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons, showing leaves and empty seed pods.

Scope and Contents Contains loose photographs relating to various of Christy's travels; some photographs are his own and some are by professional photographers. Subjects include: scenes on the Nile including pyramids; railway views in Kenya; rubber trees and cultivation in Nigeria, Uganda and the Cameroons; scenes in the Congo including sufferers of sleeping sickness and ethnic groups of Central Africa of shorter than average height described as Pygmies; scenes in India; scenes from travels in Norway,...

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76 x 94 mm. A view showing the scars (fourteen months old) caused by deep vertical incision with a pruning knife.

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77 x 99 mm. A view showing an African tapping a rubber tree with the 'Victoria Knife' an implement with a long, curved blade.

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75 x 96 mm. A view showing a block of five-and-a-half year old rubber trees.

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103 x 78mm. A view showing a group of four-year old rubber trees in a 450 acre plot.

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97 x 74 mm. A studio photograph demonstrating the way in which Funtumia Africana seeds are blown by the wind from their pods. Taken at the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons.

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109 x 155 mm. A view looking along rows of five-and-a-half year old Funtumias.

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163 x 127 mm. A view looking along rows of five-and-a-half year old Funtumia elasticas and showing natural regeneration.

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77 x 97 mm. A view showing an African making vertical tapping cuts on a tree with a pruning knife attached to a bamboo pole.

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79 x 103 mm. A view showing an African making vertical tapping cuts on a tree with a pruning knife attached to a bamboo pole.

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152 x 110 mm. A view showing a plantation of seven-and-a-half year old Funtumias where alternate trees in each row have been cut out. A European stands in the foreground examining a tree.

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116 x 162 mm. A view showing a plantation of seven-and-a-half year old Funtumias where alternate trees in each row have been cut out. A European stands in the foreground examining a tree. Photograph probably by Christy.

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77 x 97 mm. A view showing twelve year old trees growing in the Botanical Gardens at Victoria, Cameroons.

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103 x 75 mm. A view showing a European standing among a block of young rubber plants.

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100 x 77 mm. A view showing two-and-a-half year old rubber trees interplanted with bananas.

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77 x 97 mm. A view showing a tree with vertical tapping lines made with a pruning knife which run down to a collecting cup at the base, resulting in the development of suckers.