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A Lime-Sulphur Wash for Use on Foliage. 



The Journal of the Board of Agriculture for June 191 o con- 

 tains an article on the above subject by Mr E. S. Salmon, F.L.S., 

 Mycologist to the South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, 

 Kent. A very concentrated form of the wash is made by 

 boiling together the following quantities of lime and sulphur : — 



Quicklime (in lumps) . . 50 lbs. 



Flowers of Sulphur . . 100 lbs. 



Water . . . .50 gallons. 



Before use as a spray on the foliage of plants, the concen- 

 trated wash obtained as above requires to be diluted. The 

 amount of dilution which is necessary in order to avoid 

 "scorching," varies with the character of the foliage or plant 

 to be sprayed, and can only be ascertained by experiment. 



The Federated Malay States. 



We have before us the report on forest administration for the 

 year 1909, by Mr A. M. Burn-Murdoch, Conservator of Forests, 

 F.M.S. and S.S. 



At the close of the year, the area gazetted under the Forest 

 Enactment was 749 square miles, or 274 per cent, of the 

 total area of the Federated States. In Perak, where immediate 

 reservation is said to be imperative, forest reservation appears 

 to be very much behindhand. The more valuable and 

 accessible forests are disappearing, in the rush for rubber 

 land, at a rate which is, perhaps, hardly generally realised, 

 and the necessity for immediate selection of valuable timber 

 reserves, before it is too late, should be obvious to even those 

 who look upon forests as a useless encumbrance, instead of as 

 they really are, a very valuable asset. But, on the whole, 

 satisfactory progress with " reserve " proposals has been made by 

 the Department, though it cannot be said that the hoped for 

 results have yet been attained. The Government object to 

 lock up any accessible land which might be opened out for 

 planting, but unfortunately the percentage of reserves is so low 

 that a certain amount must be reserved whether accessible or 

 not, so long as it contains valuable forest, especially chengal. 

 Good progress has been made in the demarcation and upkeep 

 of boundaries, and in the survey of Reserved forests, while 



