No. 6. 
JUNE, 1907. 
[VOL. VI. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., F.R.S., f.l.s.,F,r 1 h,s, 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
AND 
J. B. CARRUTHERS, F.R.S.E., F. u s., 
Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F. M. S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Abnormalities in the stem of Hevea — By H. N. Ridley ... ... 157 
2. Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited ... ... ... ... 158 
3 Wind Twist — By H. N. Ridley — M alayan Drugs — By H. W. Thomson 160 
4. Diseases of Coconut Palms — Re-print ... ... ... ... 165 
5. Bibliography — By H. N. Ridley ... ... 167 & 176 
6. Casuarinas (with Plates)— By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 169 
7. Timber Notes — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... ... 170 
8. Rubber Industry — Re-print .. ... 171 
9. Camphor — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... ... 173 
10. A Rubber Factory in Singapore — By H. N. Ridley . ... ... 174 
11. Department of Agriculture in F. M. 6. — By J? B. CaRRWTHERS ... 175 
12. Coconut Beetles in the Philippines— By H. N. Ridley ... ... 175 
13. Rubber Cultivation as an Investment — By H. N. Ridley ... ... 176 
14. Early Fruiting of Para Rubber — By H. N, Ridley , ... 176 
15. Para Rubber Seed Oil — Re-print ... ... ,, ... 177 
16. Paspalum Grass — By B. Harrison ... ... ... ... 177 
17. India Rubber Market Report — Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Ltd. 180 & 182 
18. Lewis & Peat’s, Ceylon, Straits, & M. States Plantn. Rubber Report ... 185 
19. Weather Reports ... ... ... ••• ■■■ 187 
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