No. 5.] MAY, 1911. Vol. X. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



Page. 



The Occurrence of Burrs on the Trunk of Hevea Brasiliensis ... 138 



The Chief Diseases of Para Rubber in Malaya and Ceylon ... 141 



Analysis of Hevea Latex ... ... ... ... 144 



Methyl-Inosite in Rubber ... ... ... ... 145 



Chonemorpha Rubber-vines ... ... ... 146 



Notes on Chinese Swine Culture ... ... ... ... 148 



Papaya Culture ... .. ... ... 152 



Fasciation in Eucharis ... ... 154 



Mascarenhaisia Elastica ... ... ... 154 



Rubber Notes ... ... ... .. ... 155 



Trials with Green Dressings in Dominica ... ... ... 156 



The Planters' Association of Malaya, Notice of Meeting ... ... 157 



Minutes of Meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya ... 148 



Weather Reports ... ... ... 176 



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