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flower, Rhodomyrtus • as in flower not 'uncommonly all the 
way. Its stamens bend upwards from their- very bases * and 
sometimes if not always cause a slight bilateral symmetry 
in the flower, 
A Globba (no, 368) was seen sparingly in flower about hf. 
half way up the hill. Cassia mimosoides was in flower near 
the top-*- 
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Insects appeared s arce, ^eliponas were upon the Mowers 
of ^elastoma decemf idum. No butterflies were seen. 
The gardening at the hill-top is disappointing; the soil 
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is very poor and the cost of manuring it high. The Cape- 
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gooseberry carried fruit s, Cyphomandra betacea has been procur¬ 
ed and lost, Sechiura was not seen. Peas are a foot high, 
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Beans are. moderate. It is complained that the monkeys steal 
papayas and gourds. Lettuce, mint, parsley and carrots looked 
fairly good. Native radishes and kchl-rabi were small, 
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Flowering plants loo as if with manure they would do well. 
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But roses get weaker and weaker until the blossoms are 
almost single. Dahlias are only a foot high. 
Irapatiens Sultani is doing splendidly and* some Composites are 
good,. 
June 89th. & 30th, To the Gardens.An Elaeocarpus which was 
in flower a few days ago, seems to have flowered itself out. 
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This is not the case with Cassia fistula a.nd Cassia 
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javanica, whose flowering apparently lasts longer. Bauhinia 
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unifolia is flowering in the jungle above the Gardens and 
exhibits a l&nger flowering period 
July 1st, Penang to Kuala Kangsar. This is an account of 
the Government fruit and rubber plantation as shown to me by" 
hr, Edwin Phillips. Near the . cross ros.ds towards the river- 
are old trees^ of ^evea, the largest of which have fallen. 
These trees are upon a slope above the river within reach o 
ox extreme floods, but not normally reached by flood-water. 
