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PUBLICATIONS 
A large issue of the Gardens Bulletin, consisting of a list of plants 
occurring in the neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur, prepared by 
Mr. Henderson, appeared in January. A further issue, containing a variety 
of articles by Dr. C. Christensen, Mr. R. E. Holttum, Mr. M. R. Hender¬ 
son, Mr. C. X. Furtado and Mr. I. H. Burkill, went to press towards the 
end of the year. A paper on the ferns of Mr. Boden Kloss’s expedition to 
the Mentawi Islands, containing descriptions of two new species, prepared 
by Mr. R. E. Holttum, was published in the journal of the Malayan Branch, 
Koval Asiatic Society, in March. 
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LIBRARY 
The usual routine of binding and indexing periodicals and new books 
has been maintained, and some valuable old books have been rebound. A 
complete set of Annales Mycologici has been acquired. A beginning has 
been made at a subject index of literature of local botanical interest contained 
in periodicals and authors reprints received. Mr. C. X. Furtado has charge 
of this work. 
PLANTS OUTWARDS AND INWARDS 
The following plants and seeds 
wise distributed: — 
Singapore — 
Plants 
Cuttings 
Tubers and suckers 
Seeds 
Penang ,— 
Plants ... 
Seeds 
The following plants and seeds 
exchanges: — 
Singapore . — 
Plants ... 
Seeds 
Tubers & Cuttings 
were sold, sent as exchanges, or other- 
... 5,129 
... 2,444 
4,553 
286 packets. 
... * ... 2,411 
62 packets. 
, r ere purchased, or received as gifts or 
813 
977 
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Penang . — 
Plants ... ... * ... ... ... 676 
Seeds ... ... ... ... ... 276 packets. 
The following institutions and persons are thanked for gifts of plants 
and seeds: — 
The Botanic Gardens at Kew, Buitenzorg, Peradeniya, Darjeeling, 
Poona, Saigon, Maymyo, Darwin; the Department of Agriculture Straits 
Settlements and Federated Malay States; the Inspector-General of 
Forests, New Guinea; the Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt; the United 
States Department of Agriculture; Plant Introduction Gardens, Panama; 
the Consul-General for Siam; Messrs. Ahmad bin Hassan, Juan Balme 
(Mexico), G. E. Brooke, H. Burgeff, C. E. Carr, H. G. Dalton, 
J. A. le Doux, A. T. Hancock, F. N. Howes, C. Boden Kloss, E. Krug 
(Brazil), Laybourne, J. Laycock, Lim Boon Keng, Mofiamed Haniff, 
Ng Chee Pok, O. G- Pentey, B. K. Saheb, Phya Sri Sakdi, Simon de 
Souza, Tan Lo Tee. 
