No. 8.] 
AUGUST, 1908 
[VOL. "VII- 
Agricultural Bulletin 
OP THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., F.l.s., f.r.b.s.. 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
AND 
J. B. CARRUTHERS, F.R.S.E., f.l.s., 
Director of Agriculture <£ Government Botanist, F.M.S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
]. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs ... ... ... 311 
2. Germination of Para Rubber Seed ... .. ... 333 
3. Fruits in Porto Rico ... .. ... ... ... 335 
4. Size of Rubber Seed ... ... . . ... 335 
5. Coca Leaves ... ... ... ... ... ... 336 
6. Rubber Imports into the United States in 1907 ... ... 338 
7. Fertilizing Plants ... ... ... ... ... 338 
8. Coconut-Planting Territory of Papua ... ... .. 339 
9. Notes on Rubber in Tropical Australia .. ... ... 345 
10. Treatment of Latex in Preparation of Rubber ... ... 347 
11. Precocity of Rubber Trees ... ... ... ... 348 
12. Rubber in Western Siamese States of the Malay Peninsula ... 349 
13. Fine Rubber for 121 Cents ... ... 349 
14. Agri- Horticultural Show ... ... ... ... 350 
15. Notice from Kuala Lumpor ... . ... ... 350 
16. Big Rubber Tree Correction ... ... ... ... 351 
17. Pineapple Cultivation in Singapore ... ... 351 
18. Minutes of Kampar District Planters’ Association ... ;i51 
19. Mechanical Preparation of Latex ... ... ... ... 352 
*20. John Haddon & Co’s. Special Produce Letter ... ... 353 
21. Singapore Market Reports ... ... 350 
22. Exports Telegrams to Europe and America ... ... 35!? 
23. Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports ... 360 
24. Ceylon, Straits and Malay States Rubber Reports ... ... 307 
25. Rubber Export Table for 1907-1908 ... ... ... 371 
26. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 372 
To be purchased at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, or from 
Messes. Kelly & Walsh. Limited. 
No. 32 Raffles Place, and 194 Orchard Road, Singapore. 
Singapore : 
Printed at the Methodist Publishing House. 
