The 



Gardens' Bulletin 



STRAITS SETTLEIiElSTS 



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

 the Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay States. 



Vol. I Issued Harch 3Ist, 1917. Mo. 11-12 



CONTENTS. 



— — Page. 



A report on Races of the Greater or Ten-months Yam — 

 Dioscorea alata — cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore . . • . . . . . • . 371 



The Lesser Yam — Dioscorea esculenta . . . . 396 



Germination of the Seeds of Erythrina before falling . . 399 



Scolia erratica, Smith, a parasite of the Red Coconut 



Weevil (Rhyuchophorus fernigineus) . . . . 399 



The Flowering of the Pigeon-orchid, Dendrobium crume- 

 natum Lindl. . . . . 



Precocious flowering of Melia 



Rainfall .. 



New books 



Index to Volume T. 



400 

 405 

 406 

 411 

 413 



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

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



