Botanic Gardens 
Singapore 
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Dear Hr# Parasbottom 
I will ©end you early next week some plants which 
Kingdom Ward left here a fortnight ago to be despatched to you when 
dried* 
I despair of an answer to ray letter on Artocarpus and, 
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therefore^have sent ray enquireis concerning references to. Professor 
Svedelius at Uppsala# He has been most helpful to me and has offered 
to assist in any other way that he can# This is fortunate because we 
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can now circumvent the B#M# and Dr Sprague , who also treat© us 
with contenptj Though we have Botany galore in the Tropic© and 
strive our hardest to improve the science, we are handicapped for 
lack of good libraries# Why then wiki British £ botanists not help 
us? Why has the B#M# this reputation for vain promises? 
Your© sincerely 
