No. 8. 
AUGUST, 1904. 
[Vol. III. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
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EDITED BV 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s.. 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
The Agri- Horticultural Show of the Colony and Malay 
States 
Rubber in Ceylon ... 
Fibre Plants of the Malay Peninsula 
Cotton at Port Dickson 
An Ant- killer 
Sterculia Scaphigera 
Swamp growth in the Tanjong Burong Bakau Reserve, 
Dindings 
A Leaf -Fungus on Hevea Braziliensis 
Bibliography 
Citronella Oil — Horticultural Notes 
Preparation of Rubber, by P. J. Burgess .. 
Miscellaneous, Notices to’ Subscribers 
Rainfall for July and August, 1904 
Export Telegram to Europe and America . . 
Meteorological Returns 
Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Serem- 
ban, for the month of June, 1904 
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