No. 12.] 



Vol. X, 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



Page. 



Tomatoes ... ... ... ... ... ... 376 



Duration of Vitality of Para Rubber Seeds ... ... ... 379 



Rubber in British Honduras ... ... ... ... 380 



Instructions for Taking and Collecting of Samples ... ... 380 



Experiments in the Extraction of Manihot Glaziovii Latex ... 382 



Fungus Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 383 



The Problem of Manuring in Connection with the Cultivation of the 



Para Rubber Tree ... ... ... ... ... 386 



Early Planting Enterprise in the Straits ... ... ... 391 



Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 396 



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