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superintendent of the Penang Forests and the Gardens where he re- 
mained till 1903, when illness, no doubt, induced by his hard labours 
in Madagascar and the East Indies in the cause of Botany and 
Horticulture, compelled his retirement to England. He returned to 
Devonshire, his former home, and is occupying himself in the culti- 
vation and improvement of roses, sweet peas, tomatos and other 
plants. 
During his superintendence of the Penang Gardens, he did not 
confine his attentions to Horticulture only. His collections of her- 
barium specimens were very valuable and contributed largely to the 
knowledge of the Flora of the Malay Peninsula. His name is 
associated with a very large number of plants discovered by him in 
his expeditions. 
Besides the ordinary reports, and accounts of expeditions lie 
published a list of the plants of Penang in the Journal of the Straits 
Branch of the Royal Asistic Society and a Latin-Malay list of plant 
names in the same Journal. He also wrote a number of articles on 
agriculture in the Bulletin, chiefly dealing with his experiments and 
observations on rubber, gutta percha, and many other economics. 
The foundation of the series of Agricultural Exhibitions on a large 
and more general scale than they were formerly held was due to his 
initiative. He was made a fellow of the Linean Society for his 
contributions to Botanical Science. 
History of the Gardens of the Peninsula. 
As has been mentioned in the first part of this article the Gardens 
doomed to disappear are the third gardens made, and destroyed in 
Penang since its founding, and though reference has been made in a 
previous paper to the history of the Gardens of the Peninsula it will 
be interesting no doubt to many to read the story of the previous 
Gardens as fully as I have been at present able to trace their history. 
The first settlement at Penang was made in 1786, by Captain Light, 
and shortly after this the Honourable East India Company decided 
to start spice-gardens with a view of breaking down the Dutch mono- 
poly of the spice cultivation and trade. So in 1794 Christopher 
Smith was appointed their Botanist, and in 1796 was sent to the 
Moluccas to collect living plants of nutmegs and cloves with which to 
start the cultivation. In 1798 five park-slaves from the Banda 
nutmeg parks, as they were called, arrived in Penang, sent by the 
Resident of Banda to look after the nutmegs and cloves, of which 
about 600 nutmeg plants and half a dozen clove trees had been already 
received in Penang. In May, 1800, there were 1300 plants in the 
Gardens, which consisted of 20 orlongs at Ayer Hitam and 3 °° 
orlongs reserved at Sungei Cloan, chiefly for growing pepper. 
Tn Tune 29, the ship Amboyna arrived from Amboyna with 15,000 
cloves and 500 nutmeg trees. The Botanic Gardens were now much 
enlarged, and it was urged that Mr. Smith should return and take 
