737 
STB AITS- SETTLEMENTS 
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 27, 1S8L 
35. —Foreign Exchanges in Plants and Seeds.— As will be seen 
from the above statement, the Plants sent abroad number 1,298 ; the num- 
ber received, 484. Number of Packets of Seeds received 1,517 ; the number 
sent 19. 
36.— Plants purchased.— Plants to the value of $220 were pur- 
chased during the year and include the following : — 
Orchids, 
Ferns, 
Crotons, 
Mixed Plants, . . . 
2,000 
140 
50 
1,000 
Total, 
3,190 
37. — The Seeds purchased were : — 
Vegetables, ... ^ . 
Flowers, 
Grass, 
149 packets Assorted. 
13 i ,} J) 
Total, 
299 
38. The Orchids purchased comprised chiefly the collection of Mr. 
Jamie, who devoted a large portion of his time to the collecting and study 
of Orchids during a period of thirty years’ residence in the Colony, and on 
Ms retirement, in November last, the Committee determined on securing his 
collection for the Gardens. The addition thus made to the Garden collect- 
ion has been an extensive one, and we now possess possibly the largest 
collection of Orchids in the East, and a climate well adapted for their 
easy cultivation, but not for their flowering freely. 
39.— India Rubber and Gutta Percha Plants.— About $100 was 
spent during the year in collecting the juice and specimens of Gutta Per- 
cha and India Rubber plants. The entire collections made has been sent 
to the Royal Gardens, Kew, for report. 
40. — Of Gutta juice, thirty-four bottles of thirty-four kinds have 
been obtained through the kind aid of the Hon’ble D. F. A. Hervey, 
Resident Councillor, Malacca, and several specimens of plants and Gutta 
from Mr. Bell, Superintendent of Police, Province Wellesley. Ills 
collection contained Gutta Akar Lemah Ketam ( strip tpcaulon Wallachi ), 
Gutta Akar Garroh (Leueonotes eugenifolius ), and Gutta Cherrimorei, 
which last I take to be Willoughheia. 
41. — The produce of the three last-mentioned Guttas have been 
favourably reported on by Mr. D’ Silva, and I am anxiously awaiting 
report on the large collection sent. 
42. — The cultivation of many of our native Rubbers would, I think, 
well reward the cultivator. At present I am unaware of any being under 
cultivation, except Gutta Taban or Percha ( Dichop sis Gutta ) , but this is 
owing, no doubt, to a want of information among planters, as to what 
kinds are really good Gutta-producers. 
13. --The plants of introduced Rubbers mentioned in last year’s re- 
port, continue to grow well. A Wardian case of healthy young plants of 
the Panama Rubber ( Castelloa elastica ) was received during the year 
from the Botanic Garden, Ceylon, and as there is now no fear of losing 
the plant, the produce of the large plant which we have on hand might be 
tested and its quality ascertained. 
