OSCn CM N 
No. 8.] 
[VOL. III. 
AUGUST, 1904. 
agricultural bulletin 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S, S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
i. The Agri- Horticultural Show of the Colony and Malay 
States 299 
j. Rubber in Ceylon ... ... 301 
'3. Fibre Plants of the Malay Peninsula ... ... 302 
4. Cotton at Port Dickson ... . .. 305 
5. An Ant- killer ... . .. 3°b 
6. Sterculia Scaphigera ... ... ... 307 
7. Swamp growth in the Tanjong Burong Bakau Reserve, 
Dindings ... ... ... 3°8 
8. A Leaf -Fungus on Hevea Braziliensis ... ... 308 
y. Bibliography - . ... ... 309 
10. Citronella Oil — Horticultural Notes ... ... 310 
11. Preparation of Rubber, by P. J. BURGESS ... ... 311 
Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... , ... 320 
Rainfall for July and August, 1904 ... ... 320 
Export Telegram to* Europe and America ... ... 321 
Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 324 
Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, , Serem- 
ban, for the month of June, 1904 ... ... 338 
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