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TIMBERS AND TREES OF THE MALAY 

 PENINSULA. 



PART I (Review.) 



This is the commencing" number of a series of descriptions and 

 photographs of the more important timber trees of the Mala}^ 

 Peninsula from the forester's point of view, by Mr. A. M. Burn- 

 Murdoch, the Conservator of Forests in the Peninsula. It is a practical 

 guide for Forest Officers. There are, says the author, at least 100 

 useful kinds of timber in the Malay Peninsula and he has taken the 

 most important first irrespective of their Botanical position. 



T he ones selected are Chengal. 



Balanocarpus maximus King, B. Wrayi King, and B. Heimii King ; 

 the Merbau Afzdia palembmtica, (Merbau Paya) and Afzelia retusf^ 

 (Merbau Bukit); Balau Betul Shorea materialis Ridl. and Balan Bukit 

 {Shorea Collina Ridl.) Durian Daun Diirio malaccensis and Durian 

 hutan Durio oxhyanus ; Keledang Plauch Artocarpus lancifolia Roxb ; 

 Jelutong Dyera Costnluta Hook, fil and Dyera laxiflora Hook fil. The 

 photographs of the trees and wood sections are specially good. The 

 work is published by the F.MS. Government an costs a dollar. — Ed. 



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