6 
Brought forward ... 427 
Dr. H. R. Fletcher, Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Edinburgh, (Diospyros) ... ... n 
Prof. H. J. Dam, Eeiden, (Macaranga) ... 10 
Dr. W. E. Manning, Smith College, U. S. A. 
(Englehardtia) ... ... ... 9 
Dr. A. F. G. Kerr, Kew, (Holarrhena) ... 7 
Dr. van Steenis, Buitenzorg, (Baccaurea) ... 2 
Total ... 466 
Specimens were received in exchange as follows : — 
Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg ... ... 861 
Prof. H. H. Bartlett, University of Michigan 
(Sumatran plants) ... ... ... 474 
Bureau of Science, Manila, (Philippine plants) ... 270 
Botanic Gardens, Berlin (Palms) ... ... 25 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Palms) ... 5 
Total ... 1,635 
The number of specimens mounted and laid into the herbarium during 
the year was as follows : — 
Eocal collections and Gardens Herbarium ... 1,526 sheets 
Specimens received in exchange and by purchase ... 2,563 sheets 
Total ... 4,089 
As in the previous year, assistance was given to Mr. C. E. Carr 
by sorting and distributing his botanical collections made in New Guinea. 
This service was given in part payment for a set of Mr. Carr’s specimens 
which form a valuable addition to the herbarium. The exact total is not yet 
known, but it is probable that it will amount to nearly 7,000 numbers. 
Mr. Carr’s death at Port Moresby on 3rd June, 1936 brought to an untimely 
end what promised to be a brilliant career, and deprived Malayan botany 
of a student of orchids whom it will be difficult to replace. Mr. Carr left 
at Singapore many unnamed collections from Borneo and elsewhere which 
he hoped to described after his return from New Guinea. These specimens, 
with the remainder of Mr. Carr’s private orchid herbarium, consisting 
altogether of some 900 named and mounted specimens, a nearly equal number 
of named specimens preserved in alcohol, and about 2,500 unnamed 
specimens, had been left in the Director’s charge during Mr. Carr’s New 
Guinea expedition. After his death, the trustee of his estate allowed the 
Botanic Gardens the first offer of purchase; a proposal to this effect was 
approved by the Government. This has resulted in the addition to our 
herbarium of all Mr. Carr’s locally collected specimens, with his critical 
notes attached, which add so much to our knowledge of the local orchid flora. 
The following visiting botanists worked in the herbarium : Professor 
T. Tanaka (Taihoku) on Citrus and allied genera, Mr. J. N. Milsum 
(Department of Agriculture) on Citrus, and Mr. C. F. Symington on various 
forest frees. 
