No. ii J SEPTEMBER, 1902. [Vol. k. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, &, 8. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



i. Fruits of the Malay Peninsula — Continued, by H. N. 



Ridley, f. l. s. ... ... ... ... 429 



2. Ficus elastica cultivation in Assam ... ... 436 



3. Ficus elastica from seed ... ... ... 467 



4. Demand for India Rubber ... ... 467 



5. Malay Rubber — Para and Rambong ... ... 470 



6. Crude Rubber ... ... ... ... 471 



7. Rubber Trees at Bukit Rajah with Plate VI. ... 474 



8. India Rubber Trees of Para — Origin of the Introduction 



and Cultivation of the Tree, by H. A. WlCKHAM ... 474 



9. Method of extracting rubber from the bark of Rubber 



Vines ... ... ... ... 479 



10. Malacca Agricultural Show ... ... ... 480 



11. Rubber Notes from the Ceylon Observer ... ... 481 



11. Correspondence — 



Cutting roots of Ficus elastica, by A. B. Stephens... 483 



Ficus Elastica, by Edmund B. Prior ... ... 484 



13. Notices ... ... ... ... 485 



14. Trade and Market Reports — Singapore — London ... 486 



15. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 488 



16. Meteorological Reports ... ... ... 492 



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