No. 8.] 



AUGUST, 1908. 



[Vol. VII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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



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. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs ... ... ... ... 311 



2. Germination of Para Rubber Seed ... ... ... 333 



3. Fruits in Porto Rico ... ... ... ... ... 335 



4. Size of Rubber Seed ... ... ... ... 335 



5. Coca Leaves ... ... ... ... 336 



6. Rubber Imports into the United States in 1907 ... ... 33H 



7. Fertilizing Plants ... ... ... ... ... 338 



8. Coconut-Planting Territory of Papua ... ... ... 339 



9. Notes on Rubber in Tropical Australia .. ... ... 345 



10. Treatment of Latex in Preparation of Rubber ... ... 347 



11. Precocity of Rubber Trees ... ... ... ... 34H 



12. Rubber in Western Siamese States of the Malay Peninsula ... 349 



13. Fine Rubber for 12| Cents ... ... ... ... 349 



14. Agri-Horticultural Show ... ... ... ... 350 



15. Notice from Kuala Lumpor ... ... ... ... 350 



16. Big Rubber Tree Correction ... ... ... ... 351 



17. Pineapple Cultivation in Singapore ... ... ... 351 



18. Minutes of Kampar District Planters' Association ... 351 



19. Mechanical Preparation of Latex ... ... ... ... 352 



20. John Haddon & Co's. Special Produce Letter ... 1>< 353 



21. Singapore Market Reports ... ... ... ... 356 



22. Exports Telegrams to Europe and America ... ... $58 



23. Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports ... 360 



24. Ceylon, Straits and Malay States Rubber Reports ... ... 367 



25. Rubber Export Table for 1907-1908 ... ... ... 371 



26. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 372 



To be purchased at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, or from 

 Messrs. Kelly & Walsh. Limited. 

 No. 32 Raffles Place, and 194 Orchard Road, Singapore. 



Singapore : 



Printed at the Methodist Publishing House. 



