SOME BOTANIC CJARDEXS ABROAD. 137 



the Director of Gardens in tlie Straits Settlements, is also the 

 chief of the Penane' Botanic Garden. 



In scenic arrangement and effect the AYaterfall Gardens 

 take the lead in ^Nfalaya, and with some o,000 species of local 

 and tropical plants generally, it is very interesting botanically. 



In the little orchid house I noticed the fine Jlahenarui car- 

 nea, many Cattlei/as and C yprlpcdiums. Dciidruhtnnis from 

 Borneo, Java, Philippines and Lower Burma. Many Calanthe 

 species, among which ('. Bosea, C. vevatrifoUa, C. vestita, C. 

 Regneriana, C. veitcliii. and the interesting (*. niJ>e)is\. were 

 gTowing here. 



A fernery with the usual tropical Adiantions, Aspleniiuns, 

 and others, is of particular interest. 



Manv hvbrids of Canim iiidica give color to the garden, 

 and climbers such as the local Congea tomeentosa cover trunks 

 and buildings. 



Of new trees I had never seen before Crypteronia puhes- 

 cens drew my special attention. A large shrub with brown 

 leaves, silver grey underneath, proved to be PtcrosprniiiDii Jacl'- 

 iana, also from the Malay Peninsula, 



The largest orchid existing, GrammatophyUiun speciosum, 

 was represented by good specimens, which, however, could not 

 compare in size with those in the Singapore gardens. The 

 flower spikes are some twelve feet long, covered with numerous 

 flowers. Mr. Eidley told me he had counted 4,000 flowers on one 

 specimen of this magnificent orchid. 



AVliile walking \\\) to the waterfall as a series of small cas- 

 cades are called, I saw a large flock of black monkeys in the 

 jungle which fringes the garden. "When I tried to focus my 

 camera upon them they quickly retreated. The ^Nfahiys claim 

 that, ever and ever so long ago, when all the world was young, 

 man was as the monkeys, only his pride made him talk. Then 

 Fate made him work. Ever since then our simian relations, 

 wiser than we, have maintained a discreet silence. The moral 

 is obvious. 



