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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 Malay 
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. 
The ones selected are Chengal. 
Balanocarpus maximus King, B. Wrayi King, and B. Heimii King ; 
the Merbau Afzdia palembanica , (Merbau Paya) and Afzelia retusa 
(Merbau Bukit); Balau Betul Shore a materialis Ridl. and Balan Bukit 
(Shore ci Colima Ridl.) Durian Daun Diirio innlaccensis and Durian 
hutan Durio oxhyanus ; Keiedang Piauch Artocarpus lancifolia Roxb; 
Jelutong Dyera Costuhita 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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