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Baron Sir F. Mueller and which for utility and excellence 
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leave nothing to be desired. 
I. The Flora of the Straits Settlements. After a 
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careful survey of the hitherto collected materials, I 
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estimate the number of Flowering Plants and Ferns (to which 
the work would in the first place be confined) to be 
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probably 3000 species. These would occupy 2 octavo volumes 
of 70 0 to 800 pages each, of which the selling price would 
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be about 30/- per volume; and the time required for their 
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production would be four years, more or less, depending on 
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the time at the author's disposal* 
The descriptions should be in English and as short 
and simple as is consistent with clearness and scientific 
accuracy. The description of each plant should be followed 
by a citation of works dealing with the Malayan Flora in 
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which the subject -had been previously described or 
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figured; by a mention of the places in the Straits where it 
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is found; by the name of the finder (if the plant is un- 
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common); by a brief indication of its range outside the 
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limits of the Flora (if found beyond these limits); and by 
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.the uses to which it is put, under the heads of medicine. 
