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In his Report for 1878, he said:— 



Eucalypts — My anticipation about the Eucalypti when I wrote 

 my last Annual Report, have not been verified ; for, although they 

 germinated freely enough, the majority of these species die as they 

 get a few inches high. 



E. globulus appears to be the worst species for this climate, E. 

 £itriodora, E. amygdalinus, E. goniocalyx, E. pilularis and E. calophylla do 

 best. 1 attach very little importance, however, to this, as the belief in 

 their prophylactic virtues is now considerably weakened and they 

 are quite unsuited, owing to their straggling, ragged appearance, for 

 garden ornaments. 



In his report for 1880, he said : — 



When sown in situ they seem to thrive fairly well in Singapore' 

 but do not appear to stand transplanting. E. siderophloia, E. Baileyii 

 and one or two other species are growing well in the nursery, (none 

 of those are now to be found). 



One must perforce come to the conclusion that the Eucalypts 

 (with rare exceptions) are not suited to our climate, and taken for 

 granted that all the useful and healthful effects which are attributed 

 to the Eucalypts, in so far as influence on climate is concerned, be 

 perfectly true, I think it has been proved conclusively that the tree 

 will not grow in sufficient quantities to warrant further trials. 



J. W. Anderson. 



NOTE. 

 Since writing the above note on the Eucalypts, I have been able 

 to obtain the correct determinations of the eleven large Eucalypts 

 mentioned therein. Specimens were sent to Mr. Maiden, Director of 

 the Botanic Gardens, Sydney and Government Botanist, who most 

 kindly identified them for me. The one adjacent to the bandstand 

 and under the name of intermedia has been identified as E. corymbosa, 

 Sm., while those in the Economic Gardens are probable specimens of 

 E. terminalis, F. & M., but owing to incomplete specimens being sent 

 (no seed being available), Mr. Maiden was unable to say for certain 

 as to whether this was correct or not. 



A SACCHARINE CONSTIUTENT OF PARA 

 RUBBER. 



In October, 1909, two smnll specimens of smoked Para rubber 

 from the Botanic Gardens at Singapore, representing a consignment 

 offered for sale in the United Kingdom, were forwarded for examina- 

 tion to the Imperial Institue by brokers in London, who stated that 

 the rubber had been prepared experimentally by the Brazilian method 



