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Revenue derived from Planters during the past three years 
lvr wav of emit rent, premium and export c ut} . 
b> Mr Skinner would advise waiting with these requests 
for information, until the Federal Conned had been con- 
^^The matter is allowed to rest there. 

The Meeting terminates at 12-45 p.m, 
H. 0. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary . 
ferns and their cultivation. 
For diversity of form as also for variation in the 
colour of their foliage 'and general usefulness m the garden 
no other family of plants can compare with Feins, toi it 
must be admitted that although these lowly representatives 
of the Vegetable Kingdom do not possess bright floweis 
they nevertheless are of the greatest value m the decoration 
of our gardens and possess attractions peculiar to them- 
* e ' V A s may he expected in a country having a moist trop- 
ical climate the Malay Peninsula possesses a vast number 
of species of Ferns and they form a most conspicuous part 
of the vegetation. They abound in the moist shady forests 
as undergrowth and it is astonishing the number of kn s 
that are found growing together on the trees. . . , 
Almost 400 species are recorded as occurring m the 
Peninsula and this number will be greatly increased as it 
is certain that many new kinds still await discovery m the 
vast tracts of unexplored mountain forest. 
Among the most striking points m connection with 
Ferns is the extremely wide range of their distribution. 
From the tropics of the whole world where they exist m 
profusion to the arctic regions as far north as Greenland, 
Ferns are found in greater or less numbers some at at- 
titudes of from 10,000 ft. to 12,000 ft. Even in Malaya the 
conditions under which they exist vary considerably. - 
knowledge of their habitats is essential if successful cultiv- 
ation is desired. For example man y grow deep m the 
* 4 list, of Ferns of the Malay Paninsula by H. N. Ridley, M. A,, F.M., 
was published in the Journal of The Straits Branch Of The Royal Asiatic 
Society Vol. .50 p. 1, 190S. 
