Vol. IX. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THK 



STRAiTS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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



Director of Botanic Gardens, 8.S. 





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 



1 08 



Obituary ... .... 



109 



The International and Allied Trades Exhibition 



no 



Export Telegrams 



112 



Market Report 



"5 



Medical Report ... 



117 



Weather Reports 



120 



Kuala Trengganu Rain Fall 



129 



From the first of January, 1910 



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