No. ii.] 
SEPTEMBER, 1902. 
[VoL, I. 
AGRICULTURAL 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. 8. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Fruits of the Malay Peninsula — Continued , by H. N. 
Ridley, f. l. s. ... ... ... ... 429 
2. Ficus elastica cultivation in Assam ... ... 436 
3. Ficus elastica from seed ... ... 467 
4. Demand for India Rubber ... ... 467 
5. Malay Rubber — Para and ‘Rambong- ... ... 47° 
6. Crude Rubber ... * ■ ••• 47 1 
7. Rubber Trees at Bukit Rajah with Plate VI. ... 474 
8. India Rubber Trees of Para— Origin of the Introduction 
and Cultivation of the Tree, by H. A. Wickham ... 474 
9. Method of extracting’rubber from the bark of Rubber 
Vines ... ••• 479 
10. Malacca Agricultural Show ... ... ... 480 
11. Rubber Notes from the Ceylon Observer ... r ,..481 
1 1 . Correspondence — 
Cutting roots of Ficus elastica, by A. B.. STEPHENS... 483 
Ficus Elastica, by Edmund B. Prior ... ... 484 
13, Notices ... 485 
14. Trade and Market Reports— Singapore— London ... 486 
15, Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 488 
16. Meteorological Reports ... ... ...492 
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