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Straits Settlements 
PENANG 
WATERFALL GARDENS 
(Administered by Botanic Garden, Singapore, q.v.) 
SINGAPORE 
BoTANIC GARDENS 
Established: 1859. Area: 72 acres. 
Directors (first three called Superintendents) : 
. Lawrence Niven (1859-1875) 
2. Henry James Murton (1875-1880) 
3. Nathaniel Cantley (1880-1887) 
4. Henry Nicholas Ridley (1888-1912) 
5. Isaac Henry Burkill (1912-1925) 
6. R. E. Holttum (1925-— ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily at all hours. Source 
of income: Annual appropriations by national government, and 
sale of plants and seeds. Library: Reference only. Herbarium: 
Large and representative collection of plants of the Malay Penin- 
sula and neighbouring countries. Publications: Gardens’ Bulletin, 
established 1913. Issued at irregular intervals. ffered in ex- 
ch Seeds leist. Plantations: Systematic, ornamental, eco- 
nomic. Arboretum: About 3000 species of trees. (See Penang.) 
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Sumatra (Netherlands East Indies) 
(NEAR) MEDAN (DELI) 
SIBOLANGIT BoTANIC GARDEN 
Established: 1914. Area: 18.3 hectares (plus 131 hectares). 
Altitude; 300-525 meters above sea level. 
Director (Curator): J. A. Lérzing (July, 1914-1927). 
This Garden was planned in 1912 as a center for the study of 
Sumatran plant life—a branch establishment of the Buitenzorg 
Botanic Garden. A curator’s residence was built in 1915 and in 
1916 a rest house, office, and herbarium. “ The surface was 
planted with shadow yielding trees, and in 1916 was added a sur- 
face of 131 hectares mainly covered by primary forest. The 
