2 , ’d August, 
19^4. 
Dear Sir, 
In reply to your letter by air-mail , I wish 
to say that we shall be able to send you 1 cwt . of 
the club-moss , to arrive in England early in October. 
I have spoken to the Manager for the Borneo 
Company Ltd. who has kindly undertaken to collect and 
ship the material. The cluo-moss will be collected in 
J ohore• 
As regards the palm-leaf, there is some 
difficulty. The leaves must be kept flat in the 
initial stages of drying and we have not the immediate 
facility for dealing with such a large quantity. I 
am, however, experimenting to find the most expeditionary 
method and I hope to be able to collect the material at 
an early date. 
The specimen-leaf, gathered in Singapore, which 
you enclose is the leaf of a wild species of bread-fruit 
( Artocarpus 1anceo la tus ). We have several trees in the 
Gardens, and it is not uncommon in the forest, but it is a 
large tree and somewhat inaccessible. However, T shall mak< 
enquiries concerning it in Johore, where we are most likely 
to abtain large quantities. If we can give the order to a 
malay, with a month or two in which to collect&the material 
it should be obtainable. 
Colonel G. Howson, 
British Legion floppy Factory, 
Richmond, 
Surrey, 
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