3 
At various times during the year a good deal of collecting has been done 
in the neighbourhood of Singapore, especially by Mr. Corner, and three short 
visits were paid to Guriong Panti in Johore. "lhe Director has also made 
small collections during his visits to Penang. 
HERBARIUM WORK AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS 
Routine work was carried out as usual in the general herbarium in toe 
early part of the year, but after the middle of June building operations com¬ 
menced and all specimens had to be packed away in the laboratory and the 
old office so that they were not accessible for further study. The Herbarium 
Assistant and plant-collectors were fully employed in collecting and drying 
herbarium material and seeds of plants cultivated in the Gardens, for record 
and identification purposes and for despatch to other botanical institutions. 
A collection of flowers, chiefly of orchids, preserved in alcohol, was begun 
in 1928 and considerably extended in 1929. Such a collection considerably 
facilitates the identification of the smaller and more delicate flowers. Speci¬ 
mens of the new species of orchids recently described by Mr. Carr are 
included. Thanks are again due to the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew, for identifications of specimens. 
Duplicate herbarium specimens were despatched as follows : — 
Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg ... ... ... 73 1 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ... ... ... 679 
Dr. C. Christensen (ferns) ... ... ... 331 
University of California ... ... ••• 299 
Mr. W. E. Nicholson (liverworts, for determinations) 291 
Bureau of Science, Manila ... ... 202 
University o' Cambridge ... ... ... 167 
British Museum (Natural History) ... ... 145 
Smithsonian Institution ... ... ... i 2 7 
University of Amoy ... ... ... ... 106 
Forest Research Office, Kuala Lumpur ... ... 106 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta ... ■ ... 99 
Arnold Arboretum ... ... ... ... 7 1 
Mr. H. N. Dixon (mosses for identification) ... 71 
Sun Yat Sen University, Canton ... ... 48 
Prof. W. G. Craib (Siamese plants) ... ... 40 
Government Botanist, Brisbane ... ' ... 4 ° 
Department of Agriculture, Pretoria ... ... 26 
Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford ... ... 20 
Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun ... ... 13 
Total ... 3,612 
1 
Hand timber specimens ivere distributed as follows: 
College of Forestry, Syracuse, U. S. A. ... 
Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun 
Arnold Arboretum ... 
Bureau of Science, Manila 
Forest Research Officer, Kuala Lumpur ... 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 
Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg ... 
Total 
8 
7 
7 
4 
4 
2 
2 
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