9- 9 



The 



Gardens' Bulletin 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 



Vo^. II Isaued August i2th I9ld No. 2. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



A report upon the experimental cultivation of the Greater 



Yam — Dioscorea alata — in 1917 ... ••• ... 37 



Orchid Notes ••• •■• ... ... ... 44 



Control of Damping-off ... ... ... ... 51 



Propagation of Hevea from stakes ... ... ... 54 



The establishment of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore ••• 55 



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