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periodicities of this tree in the Peninsula *i The leaf-fall 

 is usually complete, the tree entirely defoliating itself in 

 a remarkable short space of time and is immediately follow- 

 ed by young leaves and flowers (about the end of March). 

 The fruits ripen during the following February. The flat 

 membranous seeds take from 35 to 40 days to germinate 

 under cultivation. 



Gutta Pulai (Alstonia scholaris) conforms to the same 

 seasons but is slightly earlier. 



R. Derby. 



A NEW TAPPING KNIFE. 



Mr. Leslie Eadclyffe in conjunction with Mr. Holman 

 Hunt has brought out a new rubber tapping knife, the 

 • * Quicksure. " It seems from the advertisement to be 

 somewhat on the lines of the ordinary tapping knife, far- 

 rier's knife modified, but instead of having only one cutting 

 edge, it has a double one on each side making four cutting 

 edges. The price is 5 shillings apiece or 52 shillings a 

 dozen. They can be procured at L. Eadclyffe & Co., 35 

 Queen Victoria Street, London or C. Holman Hunt c/o 

 Chartered Bank Kwala Lumpur. 



Ed. 



CARBON BISULPHIDE. 



Apropos of his article on Brachytrupes in a recent 

 number of the Bulletin Mr. Pratt writes that it may be 

 useful to planters to know that Carbon Bisulphide can be 

 procured at the George-town Dispensarv at Ipoh. 



Ed. 



PACKING PARA RUBBER SEEDS FOR EXPORT. 



In the Agricultural Bulletin for November 1908 (Vol. 

 VII. No. 11), in which the method of packing Para Rubber 

 seeds for export is full described, mention will be found of 

 a consignment of 52,000 seeds which was sent to the Botanic 

 Gardens British Guiana from the Botanic Gardens Singa- 

 pore and on the seeds being sown they gave a germination 

 of approximately 80 p.c. this after a journey of over 53 days 

 duration. 



*A general description of the trees is given by Mr. Ridley, p, 95, vol. II, 



