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APPENDIX F. 
Waterfall Garden, 
Penang, 23rd August, 1888 
Sir, — I have the honour to report that, in accordance with Misc. I left Pe- 
nang at 6.30 A.M. on the 18 inst., and arrived at Kwala Malacca at 4. p.m. the same 
day. Landed at once and proceeded to the village to make inquiries as to the 
habitat of Cypripedium niveum. The Penghulu said that none were obtainable near, 
and that it would require at least four or five days to procure a thousand. 
Eventually he agreed to come on board the following morning and go with me 
to Pulau Trutau, where I had heard before leaving Penang this plant could be got. 
At 8.30 P.M. I returned to the launch. 
The night was squally with heavy rain, and as there w r as no sign of its clearing 
at daybreak, I landed and went to Telaga Tujoh, and collected several interesting 
plants on the way. 
On returning to the launch, I found that the Penghulu had arrived, but had 
changed his mind about going to Trutau, so we went on without him. From Kwala 
Malacca to Telok Nohin Trutau, occupied exactly three hours, and we arrived at 
3 P.M. 
The village consists of half a dozen houses, and is quite hidden from the anchor- 
age by a belt of mangrove, through which it is necessary to wade knee deep in mud, 
except at high water, when a boat can go up the creek. 
The Orang Tua soon understood the plant wanted, and agreed to go out the 
following morning with eight or ten men to collect them. 
Having made this arrangement on moderate terms, I felt at liberty to turn my 
attention to collecting other plants, and the result is very satisfactory. 
Owing largely to the facilities afforded by the launch, and the boats belonging to 
her, I made the best collection ever made by me in the same time. 
The vegetation is so different from Penang that it is like being a thousand miles 
away instead of only a few hours. Several orchids collected had, so far as I am 
aware, previously been collected in Burma only, and the general features of the Flora 
appears to be Burmese rather than Malayan. One clear day did not admit of very 
extended observations, but I have no doubt that a detailed examination would well 
repay the trouble. 
At 5 P.M. we returned to the launch, and found that the Malays had collected one 
thousand Cypripediums, while I and my men had about two hundred more, and be- 
tween four and five hundred other orchids, ferns, aroids, &c., besides a bundle of bo- 
tanical specimens for drying, including an excellent timber tree near Damarlaut cal- 
led here Malaut. 
We were occupied until after dark in counting and arranging the plants, and at 
3 A.M. the launch was turned howeward. We anchored again at Kwala Malacca for 
an hour, as the Penghulu had promised to obtain a specimen of an orchid that I did 
not recognize from his description when we were there on Sunday. This proved to 
be an interesting species, and I regret that it was impossible to remain another day to 
look for more plants of this kind. At 7.40 A.M. we left Kwala Malacca, and arrived 
in Penang at 4.15 P.M. 
This collection is an important addition to the Gardens, and will enable us to sup- 
ply the requisitions on hand, for which, in many cases, we have already received 
value. 
C. CURTIS, 
Assistant Superintendent of Forests, Penang . 
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