text_original: While in Brazil he planted some rubber seeds to see what would happen. The seeds DID grow, and the book which Wickham wrote about his idea and his experiments finally came into the hands of Sir Joseph Hooker, the Director of the Botanical Gardens in Kew, near London.
text_transcription: WHILE IN BRAZIL HE PLANTED SOME RUBBER SEEDS TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THE SEEDS DID GROW AND THE BOOK WHICH WICKHAM WROTE ABOUT HIS IDEA AND HIS EXPERIMENTS FINALLY CAME INTO THE HANDS OF SIR JOSEPH HOOKER THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IN CUE NEAR LONDON
phonemes: wˌaɪl ɪn bɹɐzˈɪl hiː plˈæntᵻd sˌʌm ɹˈʌbɚ sˈiːdz tə sˈiː wʌt wʊd hˈæpən. ðə sˈiːdz dˈɪd ɡɹˈoʊ, ænd ðə bˈʊk wˌɪtʃ wˈɪkæm ɹˈoʊt ɐbˌaʊt hɪz aɪdˈiə ænd hɪz ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənts fˈaɪnəli kˈeɪm ˌɪntʊ ðə hˈændz ʌv sˌɜː dʒˈoʊsəf hˈʊkɚ, ðə dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ ʌvðə bətˈænɪkəl ɡˈɑːɹdənz ɪn kjˈuː, nˌɪɹ lˈʌndən.