No. 2.1 NOVEMBER, 1901. [Vol.1. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OK THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., F. L. s., 

 Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, 8. 8. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. The Timbers of the* Malay Peninsula Continued ... 43 



2. General Treatment of Insect Pests ... ... 64 



3. Elementary Notes on the Propagation of Plants (by 



C. Curtis, f. l. s.) ... ... •••73 



4. Vitality of Seeds ... ... ... ... 78 



5. Tropical Industries — Foxy Coffee ... ••• 79 



6. Diseased Roots of Para Rubber from Singapore .. 81 



7. Notes — Rubber planting in Penang ... 82 



German Colonial Enterprise ... ... 83 



The Philipines and the Cultivation of Gutta Percha ... 83 

 Gutta Percha in French Indo-China ... ... 83 



Rubber Preparation ... ... .... 84 



8. Proposed Extension of the Bandong Quinine Company 84 



9. Market and Trade Reports ... ... ... 85 



10. The Weather ... ... ... ... 87 



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