No. 9.] 



JUNE, 1902. 



[Vol. I 



A.GRICULTURA L BULLETIN 



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EDITED BY 



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



Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, 8. 8. 



CONTENTS. 



Rubber Notes by R. Derry, Esq. 

 Production and Consumption of Coffee 

 Some Remarks on Rubber Plantations 

 A Rubber Plantation in Guatemala 

 Growth of Para Rubber trees ... 

 Fungus on Rubber 

 Rubber Vines in French Indo-China 

 Volatile Oils 

 Brucea Sumatrana... 



A Black Rot Disease oi Ginger in Jamaica 

 Roucheria Griffithiana 

 Dr. Sherman's Report on Gutta Percha 

 German Colonial Enterprise ... 

 Soil Analysis 

 Correspondence — 



Coco-nuts 



Ficus Elastica ... 

 Notices 



Trade and Market Reports — Singapore — London 

 Meteorological Reports 



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