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13 th November 
1 . 
Bear Prof.Svedelius, 
Thank you very much indeed for your letter of 
19th October and for the great trouble which you have 
taken in this matter for me* It will give me great 
pleasure to acknowledge the help which you have given 
in ray paper on the Jack and Chempedak, which is now complete. 
Ae regards the Ficus specimens labelled "To be returned 
to Singapore Herbarium*, it is evident that a letter of mine 
to you has gone astray. It was sent by air-mail; and, about 
that time, I believe there was an air-disaster. So I am 
sending you a copy of that letter which will best explain 
itself. But if you have no time for this work, which is 
very presumptuous of me to suppose, please do not hesitate 
to return the specimens with the bare remark "Cannot 
investigate"! I would, however, greatly appreciate 
photographs of Thuriberg's types of Ficus falcata and 
F.pun ctata - if they can be found - so that I may publish 
them in a monograph of the subgenus Bynoecia which I have 
in hand. Indeed, I may be able to decide all that I want 
to know from the photographs themselves. 
$e shall shortly be undertaking a collection of all 
the cultivated plants 300- 1000 species) of Singapore for 
distribution to Botanical Institutions, because we find 
that these cultivated plants are mostly represented by 
specimens 100 years old or morel If you would like a set - 
free, of course - for your Institution, we shall be delighted 
to send one. 
Tours sincerely, 
\ v 
Professor N.K.Svedelius, w 
Botaniska Institutionen, --H - A ^ 
Uppsala, SWEBJSH# Ag.Director of Gardens, 3*3. 
