BOTANICAL PART OP A DIARY KEPT "HEN Oil TOUR 
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BY I. E. BURKILI from 1913 to 1925. 
June 18th. , 1913. Left Singapore by the S.S. '‘.Lama" at 4 
p.m, and arrived at Port Swetlenham early on the hext 
morning. 
June 19th. Visited forest at if miles along a road Branching 
from the Klang road. Casuarinas are' plantedin the centre of 
the town and have reached about 70 feet. A16ng the Klang 
road Erythrinas have been planted. They lean away from the 
road 'in a most marked way. This leaning seems to have been 
caused by the slipping* of the roots in the* wet soil; and 
the trees disappointed those who planted them by branching 
low 
and 
the 
branches tow rds 
the road 
had 
to be cut 
off. 
Thereby 
the balance wa s 
upset, so 
th’at 
the trees 
* 
inclined 
away 
from the road. 
Towards 
the Port Swettenl am 
end 
of 
the 
road many of these trees 
have 
tied as if the 
wroufcd was too wet of too saline for them; and at this 
O t 
end I noticed that the leaves are twibted so as to get 
their edges towards the light. 
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Hipa is plentiful near the town and is generally in 
I’r>, 
also were seen 
. The 
male flowers 
were 
by m elipona bees. 
♦ 
of the forest 
th e 
larger trees 
-f 
have 
it appears as 
if 
the disturbance 
so 
caused has led to the death of the larger, individuals 
of the palm Oncosperma. Livistonas show injury, but survive. 
Oncosperma seems to die down to the root; and the bottom 
of the forest is full of their dead stems. 
A composite is very common upon the more saline lands, 
growing in beds 6-8 ft. high without any intermixture. 
Cultivation is chiefly of coconuts. Next of Hipa. At a 
little distance there is sugar cane, sweet potatoes, Chinese 
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cabbage and lettuce. Someone in Port ^wettenham grows Hibiscus 
