0>0i 4- OJ 
No. 90 
JUNE, 1902. 
[To L. 1. 
AGEICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests , 8. S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Rubber Notes by R. Derry, Esq. ... ... 327 
2. Production and Consumption of Coffee . 329 
Some Remarks on Rubber Plantations ... . 329 
A Rubber Plantation in Guatemala ... ... 331 
Growth of Para Rubber trees ... ... . 332 
Fungus on Rubber ... ... ... 333 
7. Rubber Vines in French I ndo-China ... ... 333 
8. Volatile Oils ... ... ... ... 335 
9. Brucea Sumatrana... ... ... ... 342 
10. A Black Rot Disease of Ginger in Jamaica - ... 345 
11. Roucheria Griffithiana ... ... ... 343 
12. .Dr. Sherman’s Report on Gutta Percha ... ... 345 
13 German Colonial Enterprise ... ... ... 345 
14, Soil Analysis ... ... ... 348 
15, Correspondence — 
Coco-nuts ... ... ... 348 
Ficus Elastica ... .331 
16, Notices 351 
17, Trade and Market Reports — Singapore — London ... 352 
18, Meteorological Reports .. ... 336 
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