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Rnitenzorff Bulletin, West Indian Bulletin, Revue des Cultures Coloniales, Acta 
Horti Petropolitanic Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and Gar en 
and Forlt Reports of South Australia, Queensland Barbados, I nn, dad Mysore, 
Ceylon, Hongkong, British Guiana, Natal, Madras (b orest Department), Calcut a, 
Tenasserim Agrihorticultural Society. 
Purchased. — Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 14 volumes. Gardener s 
Chronicle Botanical Magazine. Journal of the Lmnean Society. Tropical Agricu - 
turist. Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees tor the year. 
Bulletins. 
A bulletin dealing with Native Rubbers Insect Pests including the outbreak of 
the bee-hawk moth in Selangor, Kickxia Africans, notes on Para Rubber injurious 
fungi and other subjects was published in May. A paper on Dammars and Wood^ 
was prepared and printed in the Journal of the Straits Asiatic Society. Another bulletin 
on the Timbers of the Malay Peninsula was prepared and will be printed t 
following year. 
Expeditions. 
In the early part of the year f accompanied Mr. H. C. Hill in Ins tour of inspec- 
tion in the Colony, and in November made a botanical expedition to batu Paia 
Johore. Arriving' there on October 31st, and remaining till November ibth. During 
this time 1 explored the hills, Gunong Banang, Pengaram and Soga, and ascended 
11 , e rivers Sempang Kiri and Sen, pang Kanan, ascending (he latte,- as far as 1 eb ,g 
Tinorgi for two days, and exploring also the rocks at the mouth of the batu l di al 
River at Bata. Although the collector 1 took with me was ill and almost useless tin 
whole time 1 obtained a 'large series of plants from this hitherto unexplored district, 
including many new and rare plants. The highest lull in this dis net ,s Gunong 
Banan-fi, 500 feet, and I had expected to find a flora resembling at least the lower 
3 of Mount Opliir, but there were but few hill lor, ns to be met with. The most strik- 
ing tree was a very tall Podocarpus, evidently the same species as the one on Mount 
Ophir but attaining a very large size. A new Bromheadia, Sonet il a, and a numbci 
of other small plants were obtained here, but the Bora was much less nc 1 an, 
strfkin^ than that of Gunong Pauli, a hill of no greater size on the west of the 
Peninsula. The general aspect of the flora of tips district is that of Singapore with 
however a number of additional forms, and the remarkable absence of other*. This 
is a great contrast to the flora of Eastern Johore which resembles that of Pahang, 
tn fact tile Flora of the Peninsula may be said to be divided into two by a li e 
running clown the centre of the 1 en insula.. ... , , . , , i 
Besides herbarium specimens, a number of living plants, orchids, e c.., ait < 
very fine Tortoise Testndo Emys captured at Batu Pah at were brought to Singapore. 
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