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AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
[VOL. VIII 
JUNE, 1909. 
No. 6.] 
THE CULTIVATION OF PASSIFLORA FOETIDA 
AND MXKANIA SCANDENS: 
TO KEEP DOWN OTHER WEEDS. 
By M. Kelway B amber. 
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was completely over-running the abandoned Malay cam- 
pongs, and choking out every form of weed in them, includ- 
ing the much-dreaded hiking. 
The cost of digging out the latter to completely era- 
dicate it was proving prohibitive, often as much as $65 or 
R113 per acre; and manv estates could not afford this en- 
ormous unremunerative outlay. Ordinary weeding also 
was proving in many cases very expensive, and a heavy 
drain on the reserve capital for bringing the planted areas 
into bearing ; and it became necessary to find some means of 
reducing expenditure without injuring or delaying the 
growth of the rubber. From the climbing habit of the 
plant it spreads more rapidly over strong growing lalang 
