No. 12.] 
DECEMBER, 1907. 
[VOL. VI. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OP THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f.r.s., f. l.s., f.r.h.s., f.s. a., f.r.c.i., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
AND 
J. B. CARRUTHERS, f.r.s.e., f.l.s., 
Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist f F. M. S . 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Some Notes on the acclimatization of Plants ... ... ... 415 
2. Handy Method of Measuring Girth of Trees — By J. B. Carruthers ... 420 
3. The new Patent Duchemin Fibre Machines ... ... ... 420 
4. The Royal Horticultural Society ... ... ... ... 424 
5. Note ... ... ... ... ... ... 427 
6 . India Rubber Market Report — Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Ltd. ... ... 428 
7. Register of Rainfall at Botanic Gardens, Singapore, for October, 1907 ... 433 
8. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 434 
9. Particulars of 42 Rubber Producing Companies in Ceylon, the Straits 
Settlements, Borneo, Java and Johore ... ... ... 439 
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