INTRODUCTION 
The object of this publication is to give concisely some 
horticultural and botanical information about ten flowering 
shrubs which are commonly cultivated in Malayan gardens. 
As will be observed, only one of them (Congea) is a Malayan 
native, and for this reason few of them have well established 
local names. The names at the heads of the pages are the 
international botanical names. 
The illustrations are line drawings, for two reasons. Such 
drawings are easy to reproduce, and also they can indicate 
selected details which are less easy to distinguish in photo- 
graphs. The drawings themselves give a good deal of 
information which need not be repeated in words ; the text 
gives briefly further information about colours, uses, and 
details of floral structure. 
It is hoped that the drawings will be helpful to garden- 
lovers, and also to those w r ho wish to learn a little about the 
botany of common plants in Malaya. If this set of drawings 
proves acceptable, we plan to produce more, of flowering 
climbers, flowering trees, and other kinds of plants. 
The drawings were made by Che Juraimi bin Samsuri, 
Artist on the staff of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 
R. E. HOLTTUM, 
Director. 
May, 19+9- 
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