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Lettuce , Cabbage , ... 
Lettuce, Tom Thumb , 
Carter's Giant White Cos , 
Carter’s Giant Brown, 
Succeeded perfectly in Penang and fairly well in 
( Singapore. 
Melon, 
Mustard, 
Onion, The Queen, 
The Student Parsnip, 
Parsley, 
Peas, Ring -leader , . . . 
Best of all , 
Potatoes, Early Ash-leaf, 
Rad dish, 
Horse Rad dish, 
Rhubarb, 
Sea Kale, 
Turnip, Early French, 
Turnip , American Strap-leaf, 
Tomatoes , 
Jerusalem Artichoke, 
Globe Do., . . . 
Failed everywhere. 
Grew freely everywhere. 
Grew well in Penang. 
Grew well in Penang. 
Everywhere a success. 
Grew fairly well in Penang. 
Failed in Singapore. 
Grew to a fair size, but rather watery in quality. 
All kinds grew well. 
Grew well. 
Grew well for a time in Penang'. Failed in Singapore. 
Failed everywhere. 
Grew well in Penang ; not tried in Singapore. 
Grew well in Singapore ; not tried in Penang. 
All kinds grew well, especially the small variety. 
Failed in Singapore. 
Failed in Singapore, but produced a few flowers in 
Penang. 
POT HERBS. 
Sage, ... ... 
Thyme, ... ... 
Sweet Mar jorum, ... ... { All grew well in Penang and Singapore. Sage and 
Spear Mint, ... ... f Thyme best in Penang. 
Pepper Mint, ... ... I 
Sweet Basil, ... ) 
k It will be admitted that these results carry with them a large amount of suc- 
cess, and all that seems required to keep up a supply is the issuing of a standing order to 
a seedsman to send a regular supply of seeds of such as have succeeded and the 
appointment, for a year or two, of an intelligent person well acquainted with vegetable 
cultivation to superintend the distribution of seeds and regulate bazaar supply. 
He should keep a register of all growers for sale, and submit, for the information of 
Government, periodical reports on the progress of new vegetables, and encourage culti- 
vators by liberal assistance. 
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5. By this means private enterprise would he stimulated and the object desired 
obtained without causing the injury to cultivators which the establishment of a 
Government vegetable garden for bazaar supply would entail upon them. 
Ill —Other Economic Plants. 
G. Coca-leaf . — The seed of coca was much in demand during the early part of the * 
year, but the value of the leaf has now fallen so low that it would hardly pay to culti- 
vate it in the Straits. 
7. < ubebs . — There is at present but little cubeb pepper in cultivation in the Straits. 
Some plants lately received from Dr. Tr-eub have been placed in the Experimental 
Nursery for trial. Samples of a large consignment from India of prepared cubeb 
pepper were received at the Garden from a Singapore merchant for botanical deter- 
mination. The samples turned out to be only one-third cubebs, the remainder 
Pipper nigrum, or some allied specimens. Cubebs can always be distinguished from 
Pipper nigrum by the berries having little stalks. 
9. Black Pepper . — The rise in the price of black and white pepper has stimulated 
the cultivation of the plant both in the colony and elsewhere. Several demands from 
other colonies have been made for the Singapore variety, which is acknowledged to be 
of superior quality. 
10. I made a special visit to the Achinese plantations in Province Wellesley, 
where the plant is cultivated differently from the mode practised by the Chinese, but 
the difference only proved to be what may be summed up in the word neglect, and 
bore no comparison to the better and higher cultivation as practised by the Chinese. 
