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In one particular instance where the plants were badly 

 affected, I attributed the attack to the fact that the young 

 seedlings had suffered from an insufficiency of water at the 

 roots. The nurseries had been made under the shade of large 

 trees, and the seedlings had suffered owing to the fact that during 

 a comparatively dry spell of weather, the soil, being full of the 

 roots of the older trees, had become too dry to support a large 

 number of seedlings growing close together in nursery beds. 

 Moreover the beneficial effect of heavy showers in cleansing the 

 foliage, such as we are accustomed to in a dry season, is lost to 

 the plants when growing under shade. 



This disease is chiefly limited to plants growing under 

 unfavourable conditions, and is not likely to affect trees when 

 once established. I am of opinion that it may be entirely 

 avoided by making the nursery beds in a damp locality in such 

 a position that the seedlings will derive the full benefit of a free 

 circulation of air and be subjected to the full effect of heavy 

 showers from time to time. The soil should be free and well 

 drained, but capable of retaining plenty of moisture even in 

 comparatively dry weather: if necessary, artificial irrigation must 

 be resorted to, but care must be exercised that this is done 

 thoroughly as opposed to frequently, an operation which would 

 be worse than useless in the case of small seedlings exposed to 

 the full blaze of a tropical sun. 



STANLEY ARDEN, 

 Superintendent Experimental Plantations. 



Experimental Plantation, 

 Batu Tiga, Selangor, 

 /\th May. 1905. 



THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT 

 KWALA LUMPUR, 1904. 



The Report on this Show, held in Kwala Lumpur, 5th, 6th 

 and 7th August, has just been published. As it is rather too long 

 to publish completely in the " Bulletin " we extract from it such 

 facts as are interesting specially- to the general public. It w as 

 agreed on all hands that the Show was a success, and the 

 President, Mr. D. G. Campbell, attributes this to the members 

 of the various Committees and District Officers who laboured so 

 energetically f or this end. " It cannot," he says, " be said that 

 ^ the Show was held as the outcome of any special interest on the 

 part of the general public or even of the planting community, 

 ( on the contrary it was held at the instigation of the Govern- 

 ment.' And it must be admitted it is true that a certain 



