No. 4.] 



APRIL, 1910. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED lALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



Page. 



Progress in Rubber Cultivation in 1909 ... ... ... 130 



Notes on the Angsana Tree Disease in Penang ... ... 133 



Fungi from Penang ... ... ... ... 135 



Rubber and its Substitutes ... ... ... ... 135 



On the effect of Arsenical and Sulphur Fumes on Vegetation, with 

 particular reference to the Para Rubber Tree (Hevea Brasiliensis) 



and Rambong ( Ficus Elastica) ... ... ... ... 137 



The Making and Application of Bordeaux Mixture ... ... 138 



Minutes of Meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya ... 146 



Export Telegrams ... ... ... .. ... 155 



Market Report ... ... ... ... ... 157 



Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 158 



Kuala Trengganu Rain Fall ... ... ... ... 164 



From the first of January, 1910 



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