3 
Duplicate herbarium specimens have been despatched as exchanges to 
the following: — 
Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg ... ... ••• 44 1 
Dr. E. D. Merrill ... ... ■ 335 
University of California ... 2 4 ° 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ... ... 207 
Government Botanist, Brisbane ... 9 2 
Bureau of Science, Manila ... ... ••• 9° 
Forest Research Officer, Kuala Lumpur ... ... 71 
University of Amoy ... ... 61 
Mr. W. R. Maxon (ferns) ... ... ... 5^ 
Mr. C. Christensen (ferns) ... ... ... 39 
University of Cambridge ... ... ... 53 
Arnold Arboretum ... ... ... ... 47 
Mr. H. N. Dixon (mosses) ... ... ... 64 
Professor S. R. Bose (fungi) ... ... 138 
Dr. Einar du Rietz (lichens) ... ... ... 97 
Hand timber specimens were distributed as follows: — 
Arnold Arboretum ... ... ... ... 22 
Forest Research Officer, Kuala Lumpur ... ... 8 
University of California ... ... ... 7 
Herbarium specimens have been lent for study to other persons and 
institutions as follows: — 
Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg ... ... ... 696 
Mr. C. Christensen, Copenhagen (ferns) ... 199 
Mr. I. H. Burkill, Kew ... ... ... 85 
Professor W. G. Craib, Aberdeen ... ... 68 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ... ... ... 19 
Dr. E. D. Merrill ... ... ... ... 17 
Specimens have been received in exchange from: — 
The Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg; 
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington; 
The British Museum (Natural History); 
The Forest Research Officer, Kuala Lumpur. 
PUBLICATIONS 
The illustrated Guide to the Singapore Gardens, prepared by the late 
Director, Mr. I. H. Burkill, and printed in England, arrived in the Colony m 
April. It consists of 60 pages of descriptive matter, including 40 illustra¬ 
tions, halt of which occupy a full page. 
In March, 1927 Volume IV. 2 — 3 of the Gardens Bulletin was published. 
This contained a number of short articles contributed by Messrs. Burkill, 
Holttum. Henderson and Furtado, and included the description of ten new 
species of plants from the Malay Peninsula. Volume IV 4—5 appeared in 
August, 1927, and consisted entirely of paper by Mr. I. H. Burkill on the 
Botanical Collectors, Collections and collecting places in the Malay Peninsula. 
In this publication Mr. Burkill gives an exhaustive summary of the botanical 
exploration of the Peninsula up to the present time; he indicates also very 
clearly how much further exploration and collecting are necessary before we 
can fairly be said to have a satisfactory knowledge of the local flora and its 
distribution. 
A further large issue of the Bulletin, containing a list prepared by 
Mr. Hej ,'derson of the plants occurring in the neighbourhood of Kuala 
Lumpur, with notes of their habit and distribution, has been completed and 
is in the press. 
