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A small portable spraying machine was obtained during the year, and found to be 
very effective, the insecticide known as Xlail, a preparation of Nicotine, being used. 
When funds permit it is proposed to get a larger machine for cleaning the trees and 
shrubs of blight and caterpillars. 
New Plants. 
The following plants flowered in the Botanic Gardens for the first time : — 
Malayan — Pandanus bicornis , Ridl. — (Perak). 
Pinanga acaulis , n. sp. — (Perak). 
Gastrochilus plicatus , .Ridl. — (Kelantan). 
G. reticosa , Ridl. and G. minima , Ridl. — (Borneo). 
Sell izmatoglottis l ongispath a — (Borneo). 
Acriopsis borneensis, Ridl. — (Borneo). 
Caelogyne patens , Ridl. — (Perak). 
Dnaba nga sonneratioides. — ( Perak). 
Burbidgea nitida , Br. — (Borneo). 
A risaema a nomalum . — (Perak .) 
Camp andra angustifolia, Ridl. — (Borneo). 
Didymocarpus rugosus, Ridl. — (Kelantan;, 
D. crinitus , va*\ — (Kelantan). 
Crinum Northianum — ( Borneo). 
C ryptocoryne ci liar is — (Borneo) . 
Palaquium , sp. — ( Malacca) . 
Clerodendron Bethunianum . — (Borneo). 
Cypripediu m Cham berla inian u m . — (Malay 1 slands). 
Dipodium paludosnm . — (Borneo). 
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Siamese : — Pentacme siamensis . 
Chinese : — Sagittaria sagitlifolia , var. 
Indian : — Congea tomentosa , var. azurea. 
Bauhinia Vahhi. 
Vanda Amesiana. 
Rubia cor difolia. 
Celsia corornandehana. 
Hibiscus radiatus. 
Parana panicidata. 
African : — Lantana 'salviaefoha. 
C-yd nostrum , new white flowered species. 
Dracaena Godsejfana and D. fragrans, Tinnaea Sacleuxii. 
Tephrosia Vogelii, Aglaonema Afannii, Aristolochia Goldieana . 
Stro p h anth us l ongicau datus. 
South America : — 
Xanthosoma Linde ni, Lucuma multiflora , Gustavia gracilis, Arauja grandi flora, 
Hymenocallis , sp. Oncidium tigrinum , 6 . van cosum, var. Rogersi, Cattleya Harrison - ' 
ise. Hibiscus ] 2 species undetermined from Mexico. 
Localities unknown : 
Oxalis, sp. red flowers received from Sweden, Heptapleurum stelznerianum, 
Mucuna sericea , Aristolochia Forkehi (from Kew). 
At the end of the year there was a fine show of Burmese dendrobiums, chiefly 
Dendrobium crassinode , D. primulinum , and D. densiflorum , in the Plant-house. 
Plants and Seeds Received. 
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The number of plants received during the year by presentation was 189 
together with 549 packages of seeds. 
