BotAmclh Gardens 
Singapore May 20th 18/8 
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As but little is lmovyn about Malay Vegetable Medicines and Poisons I have been 
induced to i ake up the subject with a view of investigating tJ0ir botanical origin, and 
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your assistance is hereby solicited in filling up the accompanying schedule with such 
im formation as you may he able to glean in your district. 
In addition it is requested that if possible specimens be forwarded of the part of the 
plant used, which would ultimately bo disposed of as you may direct, and to determine 
tneir botanical origin it is requested that specimens of the flowers and leaves pressed 
between sheets of paper, and fruits and seeds loose be forwarded. 
In pressing specimens it is only necessary to select a piece with flowers and foliage 
not very large, nor of extra strong growth, and lay them flat between sheets of paper 
placing a weight on the paper sufficiently heavy to press without crushing the specimens 
ami the p % ar should Ye changed at intervals of 3 or 4 days. 
^ & 11 if necessary be sent from the Botauieal Gardens and any expenses 
eharg 1 vVrif be reimbursed. 
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ube - "responding to those in the schedule should be attached to the specimens 
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I have the honor to be 
Sir, 
Your Most Obedient Servant 
H. J. Mubton M. 8. A. S. fee., &c., 
Superintendent 
Botanical Gardens Singapore 
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