Mo. 5.] 



MAY, 1905. 



[Vol. IV. 



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. 



Grammatophyllum Speciosum — by Editor (with Plates I-III) 141 



2. 



Rubber Tapping in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore 



144 



3- 



The Pupoi — by Editor 



155 



4- 



Fibres (Continued) — by Editor ... 



155 



5- 



Germinating Para Rubber Seeds — by Editor 



159 



6. 



Termes Gestroi, Notes on — by Editor 



159 



7- 



On Rubber Samples from Mr. M. POBLOTH — by Editor... 



160 



8. 



Agricultural Show, 1905 



l6l 



9- 



A Proposal for the Formation of an Agricultural Society 







for the Malay Peninsula 



162 



10. 



Correspondence — Laportea crenulata 



163 



11. 



Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers 



163 



12. 



Meteorological Returns 



165 



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