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The Department brought into cultivation plants from Gunong Tahan, 
from the Semangkok Pass, and from the hills near Serein ban anc Gunoii^ 
Tampin. Further the Director brought back plants from Gunong Gedeli m 
lava, whither he had gone on short leave in May, and Mr I<lii*pance brought 
plants back similarly from Kedah. I he Plants-inward book in . lll fiW olc 
records the receipt of 1,874 plants and 913 packets of seed, anc in enan b 
records the receipt of 2,304 plants and 234 packets of seec . 
Hydrangea Hortensia flowered and Coeloeoccus carolinensis fruited in 
Singapore. 
Captain Berkeley’s gift was of seed of a small Rubiaceous shrub used 
as a substitute for coffee in Upper Perak, ihe young plants raise arc 
yet too small for determination. 
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, sent seed of Picrahma K lame ana , 
a tree which provides a widely-used African remedy for fever. At present 
the seedlings are 6 inches high. 
Pests —Two orchids suffered much during the year from the attacks of 
beetles: they were Calanthe veratri folia which was attacked by an 
Aorocrypta and Spathoglottis plicata which was attacked by a Hispid other 
than the common Gonophora. 
A Coccid was bad on Hibiscus and a caterpillar on Cassia fistula. 
A beetle found destroying Shore a seed proved to be a species of Alcidcs. 
The determinations of the insects above were received from the 
Honourable Mr. C. j. Saunders. 
Dry Collections— Advantage was taken, as follows, of opportunities of 
collecting in various parts of the Peninsula. The Director collected at Port 
Swettenham and in Penang (March 11-20); Mr Moiiameu HANmon' Gunong 
Tahan (May aoth— June 18th); the Director at tort Swettenham and in i enang 
( hme 1 7th -26th): the Director and Assistant Director together about 
Fraser Hill in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Province Wellesley and Port 
CveUenham (September 15th- October nth); the Assistant Director in 
Central ) chore and Negri Sembilan (November 15th- December 5*0; the 
Director near Kuala Lumpur and m Penang (Deceml ber 5< th Wj 
Mr. Best and the Gardens’ plant-collectors on Gunong ! ulai (April 
24th— 26th and December 28th.) 
Further while on leave the Director made a collection of dry plants upon 
Gunong Gcdeh, Java, which has been incorporated 111 the Gardens hei barium. 
Mr. H. C. Robinson gave very kindly help to Mr. Hahiff when visiting 
Gunong Tahan. 
The following herbarium specimens were sent out . 
to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 
to the Bureau of Science, Manila 
to the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg ... 
to the Prince Roland Bonaparte (ferns toi 
determination) .*** . 
to Mr. G. C. Lloyd (fungi for determination) 
to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta ... 
to the Forest Department, Kuala Luiupui 
to the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. .. 
to the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane 
to Mr H. N. Dixon (mosses for determination) .. 
to the British Museum of Natural History 
758 
718 
604 
296 
235 
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131 
124 
108 
TOO 
99 
Carried forward ... 3?347 
