3 
It lias to be recorded with regret that the second attempt to establish 
the Milanji Cedar in the Straits Settlements has failed as has also the attempt 
to establish Finns Montezumae. The death in Singapore of the dwarfed 
solitary specimen of Finns Merkusii has also to be recorded. 
The anti-leprosy trees are growing well. On Lawn F Hydnocarpus 
anthelmintic a has attained eight feet; on Lawn Z Gynocardia odorata has 
attained nine feet; Hydnocarpus casianea on Lawn F is only two feet high: 
and Taraktogenos Kurzii having made little growth on Lawn F, is only 
one foot high. 
Vitex Volkensii, a new drug-plant, has been put out successfully on 
Lawn Z. 
The Marang, — Artocarpus odorata, — has fruited for the first time at 
five years. Avocado pear-trees raised from Gardens’ seed have also 
fruited both in Singapore and Penang, their age being seven years. The 
beautiful Bougainvillaea named “Mrs. Butt”, an importation of 1923, began 
to flower. 
Herbarium. —It has been mentioned above that more field work was 
possible in 1924 than in previous years; and that the collections were 
large. The greater part of these collections consisted of herbarium 
material; the lesser of living plants. Additional to the herbarium 
material departmentally obtained, have been a collection of ferns, chiefly 
Siamese, from Mrs, Malcolm Smith, nearly 500 specimens of Malaysian 
plants in exchange from the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, 71 from the 
Government Botanist, Queensland, a collection from Sarawak, given by 
Dr. F. W. Foxworthy, and material from Mr. A. Marcan, Bangkok, 
Dr, A. Kerr, Bangkok, Mr. M. C. Hay, Batu Pahat, Mr. W. N. Sands, 
Kuala Lumpur, Mr. G. B. Deshmukh, Poona, India, the Rev. Father 
Ichebesta, Kedah and a Japanese visitor, Mi-. 7 . Teruya. 
During the year following herbarium specimens have been sent out: — 
to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ... 
the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg 
the University of California 
the Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur 
the Government Botanist, Queensland 
the British Museum of Natural History, S. Kensington 
Mr. H. N. Dixon (mosses) 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 
the Bureau of Science, Manila 
the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass 
the University of Cambridge 
Mr. C. Christensen (ferns) 
Mr. Curtis G. Lloyd (fungi) 
Professor Oakes Ames (orchids) 
the Department of Agriculture, S. Africa, Division 
of Botany (fungi) ... 
Mr. J, Groves (Characeae) 
1.596 
845 
583 
416 
269 
264 
261 
210 
188 
177 
113 
75 
65 
62 
53 
5 
5,182 
Timber-samples were sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 
Calcutta, the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, the Arnold Arboretum, the 
University of Cambridge and the Forest Department at Kuala Lumpur. 
The Gardens have received much kindly help in the way of determi¬ 
nations of plants from Mr. H. N. Ridley, Dr. j. J. Smith, Mr. H. N. Dixon, 
Mr. Curtis G. Lloyd and Mr. J. Groves. 
