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inof re.snlts of it are: firstly, the excellent Herharium of the Higher 

 plants and ferns of the Malay Peninsula, whereby he is now en- 

 abled to write a Mora of the Peninsula ; secondly, the considerable 

 planting of Pul)ber, whereby as the Peninsula enormously bene- 

 fitted, so too the Gardens obtained a large income enabling them 

 to be maintained without an increase of the Grovernment's vote 

 althoi;gh the relative value of the vote was much reduced with the 

 fall of the dollar; thirdly, the housing of the Gardens' staff upon 

 the Military Keserve ground ; and fourthly, the commencement of 

 publication of results. He was in charge of Forests up to 1901 ; 

 but from 1892 tlie Military Eeserve or Economic Garden ceased to 

 be maintained out of a Forest vote. 



It is not given to everyone so admirably to round olf his service 

 as Mr. Eidley is doing: he will finish his Phanerogamic Flora of 

 the Peninsula in retirement. Meanwhile the Gardens have entered 

 upon their fourth period, with two outstanding objects (1) to ex- 

 tend the study of the Botany of the Peninsula to the Lower Plants,, 

 and (2) on the horticultural side to widen the efforts in acclimatisa- 

 tion by the use of all those o]jportuuities which selection and 

 plant-breeding afford. For l)oth pur})oses officers have been ap- 

 pointed, but the War has delayed the start. 



APPENDIX. 



Changes subsequent to Cantley's deaili ivMch have made differences^ 

 in the appearance of the Gardens. 



There is nothing which throws greater difficulties into an 

 understanding of the Annual Re])orts of the Gardens than their 

 inconsistences in the names of buildings and roads. The same 

 plant house, for instance, is in one year the " Shade-plant house "~ 

 and in another the "' Aroid house " : and what is true of the plant 

 houses is still more true of the roads. In 1913 names were given 

 to the important roads, that they might be cited in Police regula- 

 tions, and they were labelled : since when the whole of the Gardens 

 has been divided into areas which, in the Botanic Garden, are de- 

 noted by letters, and, in the Economic Garden, by numbers. In 

 the Botanic Garden the letters denoting each area appear upon the 

 labels to the trees. The accompanying map records them ; and the 

 reader may find it a guide to him in ruiming through the following 

 list of the more noticeal)le changes made since Cantley's death. 



Ghaxgks nkar the Main Gate. 



A brick boundarv wall with iron railings was erected from the 

 Main Gate to the Office Gate, 1904. 



Cannas, first introduced into the Gardens for bedding in 1894,. 

 have been made of great use near the Main Gate since 1914. 



The little path towards tlie Barracks across Lawn A. was closed 

 in 1912. 



Small ])aths round the ponds were closed in 191fi. 



A new coral-bordered outflow was made from the Lake to the 

 Ponds, with falls upon it, 1918. 



