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APRIL, 1906. 



[Vol. V. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



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OF THE 



STRAITS 



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FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m. A., f.ls. 

 Director of Botanic Gardens^ S. S* 

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J. B. CARRUTHERS, F. L. s., 

 Director of Agriculture > F. M. S. 



CONTENTS. 



N. Ridley 



P. Stebbing ( Reprint ) 



H. Wright on *' Para Rubber "—By H 

 Life History of Termes Gestroi — By E 

 Note on the above — By H. N. Ridley 

 Forestry in India — By A. M. Burn-Murdoch 

 Paspalum Dilatatum— By H. N. Ridley 



Growth of the Rubber Trade — By Dr. W. Schlich (Reprint) 

 A Reply to Dr. Schlich's Growth of the Rubber Trade — By J. Nisbet 

 (Reprint) 



Warning to Planters — Re thefts of Rubber Seedlings — By H. N. Ridley 



Water- Hyacinth — By H. N. Ridley ... 



Note on an Old Rubber Stump — By H. N. Ridley 



Furnace Fumes and Vegetation — By J. B. Carruthers 



Coconut Tree Pest — By J. B. Carruthers 



Ceara Rubber in Sheets (Reprint) 



Large Para Rubber Trees in Cultivation — By H. N. Ridley ... 

 Fomes Semitostus in Ceylon — By T. Petch 



India Rubber Market Report. — Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited 

 Weather Reports 



Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Seremban, for the month 

 of March, 1906 



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