519/54• 
21 st December* 4 
Dear Strugnell, 
We have been approached by the management of the 
British Legion Poppy Factory at Richmond on the subject 
of possible supply of leaves suitable for wreaths from 
Malaya. They particularly require an Empire substitute 
for the Italian Magnolia leaves which they now use for 
11 laurel” wreaths. These leaves are thick in texture* 
strong, glossy* and of a good shape. It Is impossible 
to obtain similar leaves in Great Britain, and an enquiry 
is being made for possiole sources of supply elsewhere 
in the Empire. When Major Howson, head of the Factory, 
visited here some time ago, he selected a small leaf of 
Artocarpus lanceaefolia as being very suitable for his 
- purpose. I enclose one of about the right size; some 
are too big. If a suitable leaf could be found, it 
would be required in the amount of a few hundredweights 
of dry leaves per annum. 
There is no adequate supply of Keledang leaves 
in Singapore, and I am writing to ask if you know of 
anywhere they could be obtained, or of any other leaf 
which might be suitable. We have sent samples of 
CalophyHum inophyllum , which seems the most likely of 
leaves obtainable here. I have examined Artocarpus 
integrifolia , which would be about the right size, but 
E. J. Strugnell Esq., 
Forest Research Institute, 
Kepong, 
SELANGOR. 
