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Penang : — 
Outwards :— 
Plants 
Cuttings, etc. 
Seeds 
Inwards :—- 
Plants ... ... ... 593 
Seeds ... ... ... 348 packets ' ' 
Cuttings, etc. ... ... ... 171 
The gift of seeds and plants from the following persons is gratefully 
acknowledged :— Sir Harry Moxham, Madame Thavara Jaiyanta, Mr. F. 
Kingdon Ward, Mr. E. Galistan, Mrs. W. I. L. Legg, Capt. A. T. A. 
Ritchie, Mr. W. N. C. Steele, Prof. N. G. Ball (Colombo), Dr. A. Reid, 
Mr. E. D. Butler, Mr. Z. Teruya, Mr. O. F. Ricketts, Mr. E. W. 
Molesworth, Mr. G. E. C. Watson, Mr. J. N. Milsum, Mr. J. W. Hope. 
Sir Harry Moxham presented 14 varieties of oleander. Captain Ritchie’s 
gift was a collection of orchid plants which he had himself collected in 
Malaya. Mr. Ricketts presented a plant of Rhododendron Brookcanum 
and Mr. E. D. Butler one of Rhododendron longiflorum ; further notes on 
these plants are given under Botanic Gardens, Singapore, below. 
Seeds or plants were received on an exchange basis from the Botanic 
Gardens at Kew, Rio de Janeira, Delft, Tokyo, Stockholm, Lyon, Edin¬ 
burgh, St. Andrews, Rostock, Berlin, L^ppsala, Cambridge, Kristenbosch 
(Cape), La Mortola, Hong Kong, Malta, New York, Chicago, Buitenzorg, 
Peradeniya, Calcutta, Saigon, Montevideo; and from the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, The East African Research Station (Amani), Department of 
Forestry, Taihoku, Coconut Grove Arboretum (Florida), Atkins Institute of 
the Arnold Arboretum (Cuba), The Royal Agri-Horticultural Society of 
India, Mt. Elgon Nurseries (Kenya), The Chandra Nursery (Sikkim), 
Bangkrabue Nursery (Bangkok), Mr. W. R. Holloway (New Zealand). 
THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE 
Routine work continued in the Gardens as usual, the only change in 
general practice being the regular use of rock phosphate whenever new holes 
were made for planting, or when young trees were dug and manured. In 
planting new trees, it has been found that a compost of decaying leaves and 
grass cuttings with rock phosphate, thoroughly mixed with the ordinary 
garden soil, has given good results without the addition of any other manure. 
The same mixture has been used when young trees were in need of further 
cultivation. 
The only important change in the Gardens during the year was at the 
outflow of the lake. The culverts carrying the outflow water beneath the 
path were frequently choked with the roots of the large Ficus Kurzn near 
by. The path was opened, and a small bridge constructed over the outflow; 
below the bridge the banks of the stream were made up with coral, and 
planted with ornamental plants. 
Bougainvilleas. —As above noted, the Director spent some time at Kew 
in an attempt to trace the origins of the various cultivated Bougainvilleas, 
which have increased in number and variety so remarkably in recent years. 
It is hoped that this will lead eventually to a stabilizing of the names of these 
plants, but several of them are still in doubt. Meanwhile the collection of 
varieties in cultivation at Singapore increases steadily, and in August, 1938, 
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