No. 8.J 



AUGUST, 1904. 



[Vol. III. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f. l. s., 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



I. The Agri- Horticultural Show of the Colony and Malay 



States ... ... ... ... 299 



2. Rubber in Ceylon ... ... ... ... 301 



3. Fibre Plants of the Malay Peninsula ... ... 302 



4. Cotton at Port Dickson ... ... ... 305 



5. An Ant- killer ... ... ... ... 306 



6. Sterculia Scaphigera ... ... ... 307 



7. Swamp growth in the Tanjong Burong Bakau Reserve, 



Dindings ... ... ... ... 308 



8. A Leaf- Fungus on Hevea Braziliensis ... ... 308 



9. Bibliography ... ... ... ... 309 



10. Citronella Oil — Horticultural Notes ... ... 310 



11. Preparation of Rubber, by P. J. BURGESS ... ... 31 1 



r2. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... ... 320 



13. Rainfall for July and August, 1904 ... ... 320 



14. Export Telegram to Europe and America ... -.321 

 [5. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 324 



16, Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Serem- 



ban, for the month of June, 1904 ... ... 338 



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