MARCH, 1910. 



Vol. IX. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H- N. RIDLEY, m.a.. f.r.s., f.l.s., f.k.h.s. 



Director of Boiioiic GardcuH, 8.8. 



Page. 



Tillage of Soil ... ... ... ... 80 



The Black Brazil Cherry, Eugenia Brasiliensis ... ... 85 



Lallang Grass Imperata Cylindrica, Beau used in Papermaking ... 85 



"Megass" in Papermaking ... ... ... ... 90 



Para Rubber from Old Trees ... ... ... ... 95 



The Abolition of the Botanic Gardens of Penang ... ... 97 



Horticultural Notes ... ... ... ... ... 105 



Rubber Notes ... ... ... ... 108 



Obituary ... ... ... ... ... 109 



The International and Allied Trades E.xhibition ... 1 lO 



Export Telegrams ... ... ... ... II2 



Market Report ... ... ... I15 



Medical Report ... ... ... ... 117 



Weather Reports ... ... ... ... . I20 



Kuala Trengganu Rain Fall ... ... 129 



From the first of January, 1910 



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