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pSeX 08 ^ r iS SCheme is carried out > shows that there will he nothing left worth 
^elected if Penan^irio^ en V^ arfle j’ and - t,lat an entir ely new site will have to be 
uncertainty no Aten -i & f arden ol any interest. Under this circumstance, of 
needed improvement A f” lrls _ )een mac ^ e during the year, nor have certain much 
accommodation and n° ■^ r>rm ' l " ent nature, such as increased Office and herbarium 
been p„ t before f„ IP f em p oycs w.thin a reasonable distance of their work, 
as i w uld be w 'r„<, nmC 3S ;'!, as ' n,e J nde ^ in preparing the (estimates for ,90, 
.. . r ost impo^'ra jssr&s i u jsz?js?gz :: r t 
"" th a —intv that' tie la^ anl 
show^’dare'in'lvnln^! 'a ° fle p ,''f. , ” arked L , both b >' resident and visitors, is the one 
is done here in connect 10,1 t0 U" s mucb work of a more utilitarian nature 
of the trees are now 1 1 ' t" " ' ori ‘ s 1 r\^, Economic Botany, & c. A large proportion 
the expense of removW . b f ren ’ OVe ^ a,1(i overv year the difficulty and also 
of a decision bein , n - s j *T antec ’ s0 1 lat 1 cannot too strongly urge the necessity 
possib l^si e for rn ,d 3S SOOn , as P ossible as to whether this is the only 
faken to provide ,foraSS“S,“^ StepS Sh " uld be at 
the drchid'sffi^d 'whM aCt '° n U, the ma ) orit y of visitors are the plant sheds, especially 
tlds r es '" t tt ; ' l S enera Hy contajn a number of interesting plants in flower. In 
s’nt time (Ian uarv 's hU'! llo ,. fa ^tnng the past year, and there is at the pre- 
attractive The 'it' , ' ,an ' 0 Calanthes and other Orchids in flower that is most 
... attention of plant lovers has been called to this easily grown and 
to he cukure 8 so ^h f'f ^ pub ' ished . in the Agricultural Bulletin,' wkh hints as 
than to sav that sin 11 e . ,s . n0 Necessity to dilate on the subject here further 
of those Plano in flo T'TT of September there has been a continuous show 
iAl° '■ tS ,n flower "; hlch "’ill continue (or at least another month or six weeks 
nAo Z 7 ,T‘ e V\ ° r< ;'' id tbat SerVed t0 k “P tbe house gay duringte 
the indivfdia flo "ATf re ^ at ° ne time about 100 plants in flowerfand 
cidi'ms and ot^ T A ° m % T nth '° Six Weeks - Some of the Cattleyas, On- 
for the' irreater^n ) lni?n r a " rr ll<is do fairly well and are greatly admired, but 
to grt tlTto perfection ^ °‘ ,h ~ the *-■■«*■* is too high 
and manvn d la’n t b s°I de d r f and shrubberies "’ere maintained in a satisfactory manner, 
(."“t.T 18,1 USUaI ' y flonferous when the Vain came 
c the prolonged drought. The Lagerstroemia and Cassia trees were exceedingly 
sh;nv } ; as were also many flowering shrubs. < annas are grown in iarge numbers m!d 
T1 . 1C - three d ° z< ? n ,lew varieties were received from Messrs. Dammann & Co Naples 
best" results t ev , ‘ plan J S ,0 .8™ for tbe Wet season, but to obtain the 
Palms r n d ntw IT , tran fP lant< j d frequently, and manured heavily. Many 
A \A u , , es were -planted out in different parts of the grounds and more 
v ou d have been done in this line but for the uncertainty as to what is to happen to 
this garden as already mentioned. Nearly the whole of the collection of pot plants 
were gone through and repotted during the months of April and May. P 
A x urTlber ® of n . ew plants were contributed to the collection already in cul- 
men s° n .wih wh,cb C r Charge ° f B °, ta " ic Garde " s ’ Nurseries, and other SSlLh- 
\T S : T c chw , eare ■" correspondent; and a good many by residents in the ' 
' ‘ b ; buma,ra and Penang. A trip to Selangor in the month of May, in con- 
nection with forestry, afforded an opportunity of adding many plants that 'are quite 
new and others not previously recorded from the Peninsula. Among the former is a 
most beautiful Didymocarpus with snow white flowers, found growing at an altitude 
o ajout 3000 feet; and among the latter, Cvpripedium Lowii, which had hitherto 
been recorded only from Borneo, where it was first discovered by Sir Hugh Low and 
in Sumatra. The mountain range on which these and many other interesting plants 
, 77 V r/f tbe Natl Y e States of Selangor and Pahang, and is a region 
at from a botanical point of view will repay further exploration 
Botanic A h r !i pr T Pal “t’tnbutors of plants and seeds are the Directors of the Roval 
Botanic Gardens Kew, and Calcutta ; Botanic Gardens Buitenzorg, Glasnevin, Gold 
Vcssrs^'n Snigapore. Among olhers may be mentioned Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
f) \en : - D 7 T ,1,a ?" \ C °'’ 7 , P ' diatterjee, C. Maries, Hon. J. K. Birch, J. de Voogt, 
kin. I ) ’ n, h °° T h e uj Khaw ^ 00 Tok ’ A - B - Ste P llens > A - Lens, J. Irving, L. Haw- 
c ’ ' Blaz «. c - poldbam, A. Runge, Dr. Wright, Mrs. Rivis, P. Laurie, C. H 
Sprenger and Mr. Stiedel. ’ 
