No. 9.] 



SEPTEMBER, 1911. 



Vol. X. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 







Page. 



Latex and Its Relation to the Life of the Parent Plant 





276 



Rainfall of Singapore 





280 



Aquatic Plants ... 





282 



The Application of Lime in Agricultural Practice, 



with 



Particular 



Reference to Para Rubber Trees... 





291 



Minutes of the Planters' Association of Malaya ... 





296 



Errata 





313 



Weather Reports 





314 



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