The 



Gardens' Bulletin 



5TRAIT5 5ETTLEnENT5 



Vol. II 



Issued August, Sth 1921. 



No. 12. 



CONTENTS. 



Forests and their retention of Bain water 419 



Some tests of Garden Vegetables in Singapore — Lettuces . . 431 



An experiment with Sorghum vulgare, the Great Millet or 



Juar, from the Bombay Presidency . . . . . . 423 



A note upon plants grown for Blue dyes in the north of the 



Malay Peninsula . . . . . . . • . • • • 436 



Another " Wet rot, and Poria hypobrunnea " . . . . 439 



The Melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae . . . . . . . . 432 



The Cohune nut 432 



The Brazil nut tree in Singapore . . . . • . . . 436 



The correct botanic names for the White and the Yellow 



Guinea Yams 438 



Hibiscus sabdariffa, var., altissima . . . . • . • • 441 



Orchid notes 441 



Notes — A possible ancient migration of useful plants west- 

 ward in Asia: Undersea meadows: The size of a first 

 class Botanic Garden : A botanic reserve — iMount Ma- 



quiling 444 



Rainfall at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 1&30 . . . . 446 



Rainfall at the Botanic Gardens, Penang, 1920 . . . . 448 



Summary of Rainfall, 1920 450 



Index to volume II .. .. -•• .. .. .. 451 



To be purchased at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore and from the 

 Federal Rubber Stamp Coy. at Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang. 



