agricultural bulletin 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES, 
No. i.] JANUARY, 1903. [Vol. II. 
PARA RUBBER IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS 
SINGAPORE. 
With Plate. 
The Plate given this month, shows a view of the large planta- 
tion of Para Rubber in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. The large 
trees on the right are among ihe oldest trees in the Peninsula and 
were planted in 1878. They are about 60 feet in height and be- 
ginning from the nearest to the spectator measure, at five feet from 
the ground : — 
No. 1. five feet two inches in circumference. 
,, 2. Branches at 3 feet from the ground just below this, it 
is 9 feet in circumference while the three branches 
measure respectively at 416 from the ground, 4 
feet 7 inches, 3 feet 9 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. 
,, 3. At 5 feet from the ground 4 feet I inch. 
6 ,, 10 ,, 
• > 7' »* >> 4 >1 9 11 
>1 8. ^ >> )> 5 >» 5 n 
This tree throws a branch below this point measuring 2 feet 9 
inches at the base. 
No. 9. At 5 feet from the ground 5 feet 7 inches. 
The other trees on the left were planted at a much later date 
about 1884 and vary in diameter according chiefly to the amount 
of light and expanse of branches. The distance apart varies a 
good deal, as seedlings have often grown up in and between the 
original rows which were about 12 feet apart in most cases. 
The following measurements of trees of this age will give an idea 
of their dimensions. 
A. Trees in a row with light on both sides about 9 feet apart. 
Diameter at five feet from the ground — (1) 4' 8 //; , (2) 4' 8", (3) 3' 4", 
(4) 4' 8", (3) 4' 11 A (6) 2 ' 10 " , (7) 4' 6". No. 3 which is smallest 
is only 28 inches distant from the next tree. 
B. Another row by the roadside with light on both sides and the 
trees 11 feet apart gives at the same height — 4' to 3' 6"; 2 ' 1 1 " ; 
Y 2": 4 ' 9 " and 3 'r ", 
