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Gardens' Dullctin 



5TRAIT5 5ETTLEriENT5, 



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

 the Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay States. 



Vol. I. Issued dune ZOth, 1914. No. 7. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 The Sirangoon Outbreak (1913) of Brachartona 



catoxantha _ _ . . 207 



Calogramma f estiva, Donovan, — a Caterpillar destruc- 

 tive to Crinum asiaticum - _ . 209 



The big rubber tree, Singapore - - - 210 



Seventeen years of tapping in the Waterfall Gardens, 



Penang - - - - - 2il 



Selection of rubber seed . _ . 212 



The Positions in 1913 of the Agricultural Industries 



in the Straits Settlements - _ . 213 



Croton sparsiflorus, Morong, — an American invader - 235 



Kenari seeds - - - _ ^ 237 



Rainfall at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, during the 



second half of 1913 - - - . 240 



Rainfall at the Waterfall Gardens, Penang, through 



1913 - - - - - 241 



Summary of Rainfall, 1913 - - - 243 



A Spadix in the Axil of the Spathe of Xanthosoma - 244 



Grammatophyllum flowering in January - - 244 



Some pertinent publications - - - 244 



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. 



