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Mr. Lyon, Mr. Weberbour, and the Botanic Gardens of Kew, 

 Grenada, Taiping, Manila, Buitenzorg, Washington, Rangoon, 

 Ceylon, Calcutta, Sydney, British Guiana, Trinidad, Seychelles, 

 Honolulu, Berlin, Durban, Congo, Hongkong, Cairo, Nogent sur 

 Marne and the Arnold Arboretum. 



Plants and Seeds sent out. 



Excluding Para Rubber seeds and plants, 2,491 plants and 236 

 packets of seeds (ornamental and foliage) were sent out. The 

 recipients were Messrs. C. Curtis, H. Eng Watt, St. V. B. 

 Down, Dr. Seffer, Dr. Schlechter, H. Dreer, A. D. Machado, 

 Miss Gage Brown, Mr. Mariner, Boehmer & Co., V. Knight, 

 S. Bidi & Co., A. M. Burn-Murdoch, Mr. Beauclerk, Mr. Lyon 

 and the Botanic Gardens of Rangoon, Buitenzorg, Penang, Lagos, 

 Natal, Brisbane, Ceylon, Trinidad, Hongkong, Kew, Jamaica, 

 Calcutta, Madras, Trivandrum, Queensland, Honolulu and Sydney. 

 Plants were also supplied to Government House Domain, General 

 Hospital, Hospital Grounds at Labuan, Chief Police ^Officer's 

 quarters, Municipal Roads and Reservoir and Military Gardens at 

 Tanglin and Blakan Mati. This does not of course include the 

 plants and seeds sold. 



Herbarium. 



Except a short trip during the Easter Holidays to Johore made 

 by the Director, it was impossible to make any botanical expeditions. 

 A collection of 234 specimens from Southern India was made by 

 the Clerk Mr. J. S. Isaac when on leave, and presented to the 

 Herbarium ; 100 specimens of Philippine plants were received from 

 Mr. COPELAND of Manila, 25 specimens from Bintang Island from 

 Mr. C. B. KLOSS and 84 specimens from the Botanic Gardens of 

 Buitenzorg. 



Three packets of specimens were sent to the British Museum, 

 two to Dr. Beccari, three packets to Prince Roland Buonaparte 

 and 93 fungi in alcohol, with drawings made by the Artist, to Kew. 

 The account of these fungi, the first collection of Agaricini sent 

 from the Peninsula, are described in the " Kew Bulletin " and 

 contain a considerable number of new species. 



The whole Herbarium was re-poisoned, a work which occupied 

 four men for four months, and used 50 gallons of Methylated Spirits 

 and Corrosive Sublimate. This was considered necessary as on one 

 morning it was found that the termites had during the night invaded 

 the building and had carried tunnels almost into the cabinets. As 

 there are a large number of types and cotypes of different species 

 of plants in the collection the loss of which would be irreparable, 

 the assistance of the Public Works Department was called in to 

 minimize the risk of the destruction of the building and its more 

 valuable contents, by painting the vulnerable parts of the building 

 with J o del it e. 



