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Ord. Artocarpe.e. 
Stiktin (Bread-fruit), Arfcocarpus iucisa : — Fruit used by the Malays as a vegetable. 
The tree, however, seldom produces fruit ia perfection in the Straits, the 
greater number falling prematurely. 
:-} Yonn * frnit used as a ve S eteble h r the Mala ? 8 - 
Ord. Papayace.®. 
Betek or Bucili Papaya , Carica papaya : — Extensively cultivated and used as a vege- 
table. Plentiful in the bazaars. 
Ord. Filices. 
Paka Ruan , Ceratopteris thalictroides Common in ditches. Used chiefly by Flings and 
Malays. 
Anisogonium esculentum : — A fern not uncommon in ditches. Is a very 
good vegetable, used by the Malays, who also use the young shoots of the 
follow ing ferns : — 
Paka Akar, Stenochlaeua palustris : — ") 
Paku Uban, Blechunn orientate : — > All fairly plentiful in a w’ild state. 
Samber, Thamnopteris nidus : — ) 
Ord. GuAMiNEiE. 
R ebony, Gynotochloa aspera ( ? ) : — A bamboo the young shoots of which are extensively 
used among the Chinese as a vegetable and for preserves. 
Jaggong , (Maize) : — Is grown to some extent and used green as a vegetable. 
j&f 
Ord. Palmed. 
Pinang , Klapa, Areca and Cocos : — -Heart or growing point used as salad. Supply very 
limited. 
2. From the foregoing it will be seen that there are about eighty kinds of vege- 
tables at present more or less in cultivation in the Colony. Of that number, but few 
are exclusively Chinese, but a good deal of the seed from which they are grown comes 
from China. The cultivation is, however, much at fault, there being a tendency to 
produce quantity instead of quality, and some control over present system of cul- 
tivation seems necessary. 
3. The following 45 kinds of vegetables of species cultivated in England have 
been tried, in Penang, at 1,000 feet elevation, and in Singapore at about 150 feet, 
with results as follow’s : — 
II.— VEGETABLES GROWN FOR TRIAL. 
Giant Asparagus, in Penang grew freely, but not to a large size. 
Broad Windsor Beans , 
Scarlet Runners , 
Egyptian Turnip, rooted Beet , 
Delfs Flower Garden Beet, 
Broccoli,' 
Brussels Sprouts, 
Cabbage, Large White Erfurt, 
Cabbage, Early Blood Red, 
Cabbage, Savoy, 
Carrots — Early short Horn, 
f Flow’ered in Singapore and Penang, but failed to 
set fruit. 
Failed quite everywhere. 
Did w r eli in Penang. 
Grew fairly well in Singapore, not tried in Penang. 
Grew leaves only in the open ground, makes better 
centre when grown in pots. Penang and Sin- 
gapore experiments gave same results. 
1 Grew w r ell both in Penang and Singapore, but of 
Carrot, Earliest French forcing, J inferior flavour in Singapore. 
Cress , Curled, 
Cress, American , 
Cress, Indian, 
Telegraph Cucumber, 
Sandringham Celery, 
Cos defiant Celery, 
Williams 3 Matchless Celery, 
Major Clark’s Red Celery, 
Dandelion, 
Musselburgh Leek, . . . 
Hole Rubi , 
All grew w r ell in Penang and Singapore. Suceeded 
better in Penang. 
Grew fairly w r ell in Penang. Failed in Singapore. 
Grew fairly in Penang. 
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Grew' to leaves only in Singapore. 
Grew well in Penang and Singapore, 
Grew well in Penang. 
Do. do. and Singapore. 
