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feet elevation, when broi jht down to the plains produces once a 
number of flowers, but never any more. Camellias are brought from 
Japan, with the buds more or less developed- They flower once 
perhaps twice, and though they do not die tiower no more. 
Hydrangeas , Azaleas (though these have flowered more than once) 
do the same, none ever produce fruit. Japanese conifers thrive for 
a time under shelter but fail to stand the heavy rains. Pinus 
longifolia is the only pine which has been kept planted out for 
any length of time, but after many years it had not attained a height 
of more than four feet, and was a weedy sickly plant. Biota 
onentalis and Cupressus pendula have lasted many years, some of 
the latter for over thirty years, but have never produced fruit, 
nor ever looked healthy. 
Few Chinese plants seem to do well, except those of the warmer 
parts. Aglaia ndorata, C hloranthus inconspicuns grow to good 
size and flower regularly but do not fruit, I The Litchi tree has 
grown to a very large size in Tanglin, but has never been known 
to flower. The Loquat grows well and flowers, but has never given 
a fruit. Japanese Lilies* in fact all Liliums will flower once, but 
never any more. The bufoilliferous species usually produce bulbils 
in place of flowers and these will grow for a time but never develop 
into bulbs. No off-shoots are produced from the Lilybulbs. The 
Lilies have a tendency to flower on very short stems, making a 
vegetative growth of perhaps only four or six inches tall. Frequently 
an imported lot simply grow a fall leafy stem and then die without 
flowering. 
The Japanese and Chinese palms Rhapis and Chamaerops rarely 
if ever fruit. The only plant of Rhapis which has ever flowered 
m the Gardens was a wretched single-stemmed plant. The great 
clumps of Rhapis vvhich grow with great ease and become very 
large hav e never fruited. Chamaerops hystrix can be grown fora 
short time in a pot but perishes when planted out. 
In fact one may say that the outlying palms of the palm region 
the European Chamoerops , the Japanese and Chinese palms, the 
California 11 and Floridan species, and the Chilian palms such as 
Jubcea a re almost the only palms which will not grow here. The 
desert pal^s of Egypt and the dry parts of Africa, such as Hyphcene 
and Borassds are not easy to grow inland, and Hyphoene seems 
impossible.- Borassus grows very poorly except in sandy places 
near the se a. 
'I ropiccA Asiatic exotics do well with the exception of the plants 
f[ om , India ’ and % Himalayas, and many have 
thoroughly established themselves, kuqh are Asystasia coromandeliana 
now a regular weed all over Singapore. 
Plants from Malay Archipelago do well except the hill plants 
of Java and the plants of Christmas Island, which though in some 
cases they have mad e good growth (*the Abutilons) they either 
* Note.— Since writing' this the Abutilons have floweiied and fruited well 
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