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Mr. Lyon, Mr. Weberbour, and the Botanic Gardens of Kew, 
Grenada, Taiping, Manila, Buitenzorg, Washington, Rangoon, 
Ceylon, Calcutta, Sydney, British Guiana, Trinidad, Seychelles, 
Honolulu, Berlin, Durban, Congo, Hongkong, Cairo, Nogent sur 
Marne and the Arnold Arboretum. 
Plants and Seeds sent out. 
Excluding Para Rubber seeds and plants, 2,491 plants and 236 
packets of seeds (ornamental and foliage) were sent out. The 
recipients were Messrs. C, Curtis, H. Eng WATT, St. V. B. 
Down, Dr. Seffer, Dr. Schlechter, H. Dreer, A. D. Machado, 
Miss Gage Brown, Mr. Mariner, Boehmer & Co., V. Knight, 
S. Bidi & Co., A. M. Burn-Murdoch, Mr. Beauclerk, Mr. Lyon 
and the Botanic Gardens of Rangoon, Buitenzorg, Penang, Lagos, 
Natal, Brisbane, Ceylon, Trinidad, Hongkong, Kew, Jamaica, 
Calcutta, Madras, Trivandrum, Queensland, Honolulu and Sydney. 
Plants were also supplied to Government House Domain, General 
Hospital, Hospital Grounds at Labuan, Chief Police Officer's 
quarters, Municipal Roads and Reservoir and Military Gardens at 
Tanglin and Blakan Mati. This does not of course include the 
plants and seeds sold. 
Herbarium. 
Except a short trip during the Easter Holidays to Johore made 
by the Director, it was impossible to make any botanical expeditions. 
A collection of 234 specimens from Southern India was made by 
the Clerk Mr. J. S. ISAAC when on leave, and presented to the 
Herbarium; 100 specimens of Philippine plants were received from 
Mr. COPELAND of Manila, 25 specimens from Bintang Island from 
Mr. C. B. KLOSS and 84 specimens from the Botanic Gardens of 
Buitenzorg. 
Three packets of specimens were sent to the British Museum, 
two to Dr. Beccari, three packets to Prince Roland Buonaparte 
and 93 fungi in alcohol, with drawings made by the Artist, to Kew. 
The account of these fungi, the first collection of Agaricini sent 
from the Peninsula, are described in the “ Kew Bulletin ” and 
contain a considerable number of new species. 
The whole Herbarium was re-poisoned, a work which occupied 
four men for four months, and used 50 gallons of Methylated Spirits 
and Corrosive Sublimate. This was considered Necessary as on one 
morning it was found that the termites had during the night invaded 
the building and had carried tunnels almost into the cabinets. As 
there are a large number of types and cotypes of different species 
of plants in the collection the loss of which would be irreparable, 
the assistance of the Public Works Department was called in to 
minimize the risk of the destruction of the building and its more 
valuable contents, by painting the vulnerable parts of the building 
with Jodelite, 
