No. 9. : SEPTEMBER, [903. L VoL - "■ 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
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EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f,l.s () 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Turf and Fodder Grasses ... ... ... 273 
2. Planting in Selangor . ... ... 279 
3. Rubber in Mysore ... ... . 282 
4. Para Rubber Seed.. ... ... ... 284 
5. Formalin in treating C as tilloa Rubber ... 285 
6. Natural indigo ... 286 
7. Nitrogenous Plants ... ... ... 288 
8. Blumea Balsamifera ... ... ... 290 
9. Horticultural Notes ... * ... 29 r 
10. Acanthus Montanus ,. 291 
11. Rainfall for August, 1903 ... ... ... 292 
12. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 293 
13. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 295 
14. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 300 
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