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The long proposed scheme for supplying water from the well and 

 lake to various parts of the Garden was definitely commenced. A 

 two horse-power oil engine was erected and a tank for the water 

 was put up in the Garden jungle. The work was not finished by 

 the end of the year. This will be an immense improvement to the 

 Garden. The cost was paid from the money obtained by the sale 

 of rubber made during the experiments. 



New and Noteworthy Plants. 



The following were among the most interesting plants which 

 flowered or fruited for the first time in the Gardens : — 

 Heptapleurum tomentosum. — (Selangor). 

 Dendrocolla pardalis. — (Sarawak). 

 Schismatoglottis nervosus. — (Sarawak) . 

 Curcuiigo racemosa. — (Sarawak). 



Impatiens sp. — A very pretty dark pink balsam (Sumatra). 

 Scutellaria javanensis (Java). 

 Statice sinensis. 



Lobelia nicotiandsfolia. — (Ceylon). 

 Palicourea gar<> enioides. 

 Bryonopsis laciniosa. 



Randia sp. — Shrub with white flowers. (Madagascar). 

 Begonia Kewensis. 



Clerodendron sp. — {CI. disparifolium of Kew, but not the plant 

 of the Malay Peninsula known by that name). 

 Gomphia decora. 

 Passiflora ambigua. 



Calyptrogyne sarapiguensis. — (S. America). 



Marcgraavia umbellata developed several bunches of buds, which 

 however never opened. 



Dendrocalamus pendulus. — Both the big clumps of this splendid 

 Bamboo began to flower and die at the end of the year. 



Cola acuminata. — Fruited heavily in the Economic Gardens for 

 the first time, a batch of seedlings was raised. 



Dichopsis oblongifolia. — Fruited heavily in the Economic Gardens 

 and also in the Garden jungle. 



Camoensia maxima, produced fruit for the first time. A species 

 of Canthium received some years ago from Uganda, under the name 

 of Matagonda " Edible fruit" fruited this year. It is a shrub with 

 small green flowers, and little round yellow fruit. It does not 

 appear to be a very valuable addition to our stock of dessert fruit. 



Plants and Seeds Received. 



During the year there were 7,535 plants and 358 packets of 

 seeds received, the donors being Messrs. E. L. HOLMES, Professor 

 Sargent, Dr. Schlechter, A. D. Machado, J. d'A. Pereira, 

 L. Boehmer & Co., H. Dreer, F. Glazebrook, H. Eng Watt, 

 C. Curtis, Carter & Co., Damman & Co., T. D. Taite, 

 Hon'ble W. J. Napier, H. Cannell & Sons, C. B. Kloss, St. 

 V. B. Down, J. C. Harvey, M. Herb, James Veitch & Sons, 

 Mr. T. W. Brown, Mr. Valentine Knight, Mr. Beauclerk, 



