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It is requested that the 
following number be quoted 
in the reply to this letter, 
and that replies be addressed 
to the office, and not to in¬ 
dividuals by name. 
No , /,5 in F.R.O. 48/34. 
FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
KEPONG, SELANGOR. FED. MALAY STATES. 
. 30th . January, 19 35. 
Dear Henderson, 
Yours of 28th inst. to hand. 
If Kiah is going with Browne he should come 
up to K.L. in time to join him on the morning mail leaving 
K.L. at 8.30 a.m. on the 6th Feb.. They will probably be 
away about 3 weeks. 
I am sending our two sakai guards as climbers. 
Browne will probably want to take one along with him most 
of the time and the other can accompany Kiah. 
In connection with their jungle enumeration 
the party will probably collect quite a lot of sterile 
herbarium material from the commoner trees which had better 
be kept separate from the other collections- I shall provide 
our people with labels and presses sufficient for such 
collections. Will you equip Kiah to deal with others 
eolleotIon*? Please Instruct him to take a little extra 
material when possible (particularly tree species) to 
provide us with one specimen and one duplicate in addition 
to your requirements. 
I try to keep our people up to scratch over 
writing labels and on the whole they are not bad when trees 
are concerned. Frequently, however, we get inadequate 
information about shrubby.and herbaceous collections, but 
as these are usually snatched rapidly in passing and are 
rarely the objective of their expedition one cannot complain 
too bitterly. I'm jolly bad myself frequently but that 
is usually because there isn't time to write complete labels. 
I'm afraid I usually have to look upon the collection from 
non-tree species as something of a luxury. 
Your proposed paper on limestone flora should 
be very interesting and valuable. If you think of sending 
a collector to supplement your Information about Batu Caves 
I could possibly be of some assistance to you in supervising 
his work. 
To, 
. M ,R... Henderson, Esq., 
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Botanic Gardens, 
Singapore. Ay. 
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