No. io.] 



AUGUST, 1902. 



[Vol. 1. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MA LAY S TATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, M. A., F.L. S., 



Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, S, 8. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Fruits of the Malay Peninsula ... . .. 371 



2. Some Observations on Collecting Latex, by M. H. 



Lecomte ... ... ... -.381 



3. The Penang Gardens Rubber tree, by C CURTIS, F. L. S. 384 



4. Ficus Bracteata .. ... ... 386 



5. A Coffee-Bean Pest ... ... ... 386 



6. Imports of Coffee, Copra and Kapok in Holland in 1901 387 



7. Coffea Stenophylla... ... ... ... 388 



8. Sudu-Sudu — Rubber Notes — Castilloa Seed ... 389 



9. Ficus Elastica ... ... ... ... 390 



10. On the Cultivation of Rice as a Catch Crop, by F. PEARS 390 



11. New Para Rubber from the East ... ... 392 



12. Report of the United Planters' Association for 1901 ... 393 



13. Report of the Negri Sembilan Planters* Association for 



190 1 ... ... ... ... 408 



14. Annual General Meeting of the United Planters' Asso- 



ciation, F. M. S. ... ... ... 413 



15. Correspondence — 



Ficus Elastica, by E. V. Carey ... ... 413 



Tapping Para Rubber, by R. C. N. KlNDERSLEY ... 415 

 Ramie, by Cyril Baxendale ... ••• 415 



iG. Notes: — Selangor Planters' Association ... ... 416 



Singapore Flower Show ... ... 416 



1 7, Notices ... ... ... ... 416 



18. Trade and Market Reports — Singapore — London ... 417 



19, Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 420 



20. Meteorological Reports ... ... ... 422 



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