No. i.] 



JANUARY, 1908. 



[VOL. VII. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



.AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S., 

 AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, F. R. s. E., F. L. s., 

 Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F. M. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Notes on the Acclimatization of Plants — continued — By H. N. Ridley ... i 



2. Plant Life and Disease — By W.J. Gallagher, m.a. ... ... 9 



3. The Significance of Latex in Plants — By W.J. Gallagher, m.a. ... 13 



4. Camphor Oil — By W. J. Gallagher, m.a. ... ... ... 1^ 



5. A Canker Disease of Hevea — By W. J. Gallagher, m.a. ... ... 15 



6. Agricultural Show, 1908 — Note — By W. Fox ... ... ... 15 



7. India Rubber Market Report — Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Ltd. ... ... 16 



8. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 24 



9. Particulars of 42 Rubber Producing Companies in Ceylon, the Straits 



Settlements, Borneo, Java and Johore ... ... ... 39 



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