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Brought forzvard 
to the University of California 
to Professor Oakes Ames, Cambridge, Mass 
to the University of Cambridge, England 
to Mrs. E. Smith ... 
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to Mr. James Groves (Chara for determination) 
3 >347 
70 
55 
46 
30 
1 otai 
3 >549 
and also r 13 hand-samples of timber to nine of the departments or institutes 
named above. 
The help in determining plants given by those named above is gratefully 
acknowledged, and also similar help from Mr. E. D. Merrill, Director 
ureau of Science, Manila, and Dr. J. J. Smith, Acting Director of the 
Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg. 
Coccids have been sent to Professor C. F. Baker and Dr. Harold 
Morrison. 
Mounting papei being again obtainable, three women have been 
employed to assist in the mounting of the herbarium collections, in order to 
reduce the great accumulation of inaccessible specimens. It is anticipated 
tnat m 1924 these, which are war arrears, will exist no longer. 
Her bar mm specimens were received from the Royal Botanic Gardens 
ivew (48) being duplicates of a collection made by Mr. Ridley in 1920 - 1921 ; 
from the Bureau of Science, Manila (1358); from Mr. A. Marcan (140); 
Mis. Smith (325) and Luang VVinit Wanadorn of the Department of 
Forestry, Siam (64); and lastly fungi to the number of 210 from the 
Department of Agriculture of South Africa. 
Drawings of plants were kindly supplied to the Department by 
Mrs. Newnham andMiss. A. M. Burkill; and a photograph by 
His Excellency Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm. 
. . , B ?° k * aild pamphlets were kindly given to the Department by the 
Colonial Government, the Governments of India, Java, Corea, Formosa, 
yueensland, South Africa and Brazil; by Dr. Docters van Leeuwen Mr T G 
Beat™*®, Mr F M Bailey Mr. D. H. Imminck, Mr. G. B. Deshmukh, and 
others, and by the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Singapore 
Natural History Society, and the Editor of the Gardens Bulletin and many 
institutions which regularly send their publications. The books bound were 
not so many as had been hoped, so that large arrears still exist. 
Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 
In January the removal of silt from the Lake was finished, but the 
Limnanthemum Pond was not filled by it. To fill it, the area of the 
sun-rockery was enlarged, and the site of a second propagating orchid-house 
dug out: and these, which were works long contemplated, furnished filling 
the whole area of the old pond was then planted up with red and yellow 
cannas, and they became very effective. The sun-rockery was provided with 
hard sandstone terraces and planted, as far as the Gardens’ stock of suitable 
plants permitted : but it will be some little time before it can be considered 
as made, for many plants have to be procured. Late in the year it was 
arranged that an anti-mosquito vote should meet the cost of filling the 
Cluny Lake, and work thereon was commenced. 'The source of the filling 
is the future site of the Gardens’ subordinates’ quarters, and the Tamil lines*, 
i Jie lake itself is destined to become a nurserv. 
By using the glass of old almeirah-doors, a new place was prepared in the 
potting yard for seed-germination and much is hoped of it : the attaned 
corner formerly used, was too damp and too dark. 
