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Sir HUGH Low, whose various Gardens in Perak were- supplied 

 mainly with plants from the Botanic Gardens in Singapore attempt- 

 ed to develop agriculture in Perak, but his work was practically 

 abandoned after he left the country and little was done for Agricul- 

 ture in the Federated Malay States except by the Colonial Gardens, 

 till the present year, and indeed at present the Malay States are 

 still utilizing the resources of the Colonial Gardens. 



It can thus be seen what a large debt the agriculturists of the 

 Malay States owe to the Botanic Gardens of Singapore and Penang 

 for the work done for the last thirty years. Debts are easily f r« 

 gotten, and the names even of the founders of agriculture in the 

 Peninsula are perhaps hardly known to the planters who are reap- 

 ing the benefit of their labours, among whom should be remembere I 

 Christopher Smith, to whom we owe the Nutmegs and Cloves oi 

 Penang. A. J. MURTON, the introducer of Para rubber and Li- 

 berian Coffee, and many other useful plants, and N. Cantley, who 

 opened up the Economic Gardens in Singapore, whence so many 

 thousands of plants and seeds have since been distributed over the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



H. N. RIDLEY. 



FORESTRY IN THE MALAY PENINSULA 

 IN 1904. 



The following notes extracted from the annual report from the 

 Forest Department for last year may be of interest to our readers. 

 Under the heading " Natural Reproduction" Mr. BURN-MURDOCH 

 writes : — 



In Selangor, Merbau seeded plentifully during the year and 

 thousands of seedlings were observed ^ in the Ulu Langat district ; 

 Penak also seeded well both here and in the Kwala Pilah district of 

 Negri Sembilan. 



A few Gutta-percha seeds, (Palaquium oblongifolium) , were ob- 

 tained from Mr. HARPER, some of whose coolies came across fruiting 

 trees in the remote jungles. The natural regeneration of Palaquium 

 is very good. The Dipterocarp family fruited well generally, 

 especially in Negri Sembilan, and large quantities of Penak, (Bala- 

 nocarpus), seed were collected. The following were noted to have 

 fruited : — 



Balanocarpus maximus ... June to August. 

 Kumus (Shorea ciliata) ... October. 

 Meranti and Serayahs 

 Shoreas of various species 



andHopea ■•• July to August. 



S. Acuminata 

 S. Oprosula 



