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Gardens' DuUctin 



5TRAIT5 SETTLEHENTS, 



into which is incorporated all that has been published as the third series of 

 the Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Pcderated Malav 5tates. 



Vol. I. Issued December 15, 1913. No. 6. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Editor's Note - - - - - 175 



The Coconut Beetles, — Oryctes rhinoceros and 



Rhynchophorus ferrugineus - - 176 



Clerome gracilis, — a butterfly destructive to Palms 188 



Notes on plants of interest in the Botanic Gardens, 



Singapore ----- 189 



The extreme hardness of the seeds of Caesalpinia 



digyna - - - - - 193 



A disease of Agaves - - - - 193 



The fertilisation of the flowers of Cacao - - 195 



Caprification in Malaya - - - - 195 



Record of a few orchids and other interesting plants 



found in Setol and on Kedah Peak - - 197 



Rainfall at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, from 



February 12 to June 30, 1913 - - - 198 



Lists of plants which may be obtained generally from 



the Botanic Gardens - - - - 199 



Forthcoming Congresses - - - 206 



To be purchased at the Botanic Gardens. Singapore; from Messrs. Kelly and 



Walsh, Ltd.. No. 32 Raffles Place and 194 Orchard Road; and 



the Straits Times Office, Cecil Street, Singapore. 



