No. 6.] 



JUNE, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED 



BY 



H. N. EIDLEY, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 

 CONTENTS. 







Page. 



1. 



The cultivation of Passiflora Foetida and Mikania Scandens 



... 262 



2. 



Minutes of Meeting of the Planters Association of Malaya 



... 267 



■A. 



Ferns and their cultivation 



... 282 



4. 



List of Ferns Cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore 



... 287 



o. 



Reward for the best method of exterminating "Termes Gestroi ' 



' in 





Plantations 



... 297 



G. 



John Haddon & co. Special Produce Letter ... 



... 298 



7. 



Exports Telegram to Europe and America 



... 300 



S. 



Weather Report 



... 302 



9. 



Singapore Market Report 



... 309 



From the first of January, 1909 



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