SEPTEMBER, 1909. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES 



; 2 EDITED Sir 

 BY 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Report of the Director of Agriculture of the Federated Malay 

 States for the year 1908 ... ... ... ; , 



Report of the Government Mycologist for the year 1908 

 Report of the Government Entomologist for the year 1908 ... 

 Report of the Inspector of Coconut Plantation* for the year 1908 

 Report of Experimental Plantations for the year 1908 

 A gri- Horticultural Show 1909 and speech of His Excellency the 



.Governor Sir John Anderson, G.C.M.G. 

 The Palmetum-illustrated ... ... 



John Haddou & Co. Special Produce Letter '%HMph| > 

 Weather Reports" ... ... .7 r . 



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