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About 150 duplicate specimens of fungi were received from Mr. C. J. 
Humphery. The sheets and specimens of Ganoderma, lent for study by 
Mr. Humphery on 1930, were returned from the Bureau of Science, Manila. 
The Director continued his work on Malayan ferns, and took the 
opportunity of visits to Leiden and Copenhagen for the examination of type 
specimens. Thanks are due to Prof. Dr. H. J. Lam of Leiden and to Dr. 
Carl Christensen of Copenhagen, for facilities given for the study of 
specimens, and for personal assistance. At Kew and the British Museum 
types and other specimens of interest were also examined, particularly of 
Malayan tree-ferns and the genus Lomagrdmma . The identification of a 
collection of ferns made by the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak in 
1932 was also completed; a set of specimens of this collection was retained 
for the Singapore herbarium. 
PUBLICATIONS 
The Gardens Bulletin. —Vol. VII part 3 and Vol. VIII part 1 were published 
on June 1st and October 10th respectively. Their contents were:— 
Vol. VII Part 3.— 
The ferns of Mount Kinabalu, by Carl Christensen and R. E. Holttum. 
This is a complete enumeration of all ferns (417 species) hitherto 
collected on Kinabalu, with a description of 30 new species. There 
are also critical notes on a number of other species, about 80 of 
which are recorded for the first time from Borneo, and an intro¬ 
ductory section of field notes. 
Vol. VIII Part 1.—This contains three papers.— 
Notes of Malayan Dipterocarpaceae II, by C. F. Symington (Forest 
Research Institute). This consists of critical notes on the nomen¬ 
clature of important timber trees. 
The genus Selaginella in the Malay Peninsula, by A. H. G. Alston 
(British Museum). This contains a key, enumeration of species 
and critical notes on this difficult genus, of which Mr. Alston 
has made a special study. 
Notes on the biology of Macaranga spp., by J. A. Baker (Department 
of Agriculture). This short paper contains some original observa¬ 
tions on the relations of ants with the trees in question. 
In addition, the following papers were published elsewhere by members 
of the Gardens staff 
The Sources of “Tuba” in the Malay Peninsula (Malayan Agricultural 
Journal, March 1934). This illustrated paper is the result of field 
and herbarium study of all locally cultivated varieties of Tuba. 
The limits of the genus Areca Linn, and its sections, by C. X. Furtado 
(Fedde, Repertorium, Berlin, XXXIII pp. 217-239). 
Palmae Malesicae I by C. X. Furtado (Fedde, Repertorium, XXXV, 
pp. 273-283). These two papers represent the first results of 
Mr. Furtado’s work on Malayan palms above mentioned. 
The Director prepared a Guide to the Waterfall Garden, Penang, which 
was printed and issued during the year. 
The Director continued to edit the horticultural section of the M.A.H.A. 
Magazine, and articles were contributed to it by himself, Mr. Flippance, 
Mr. Henderson and Mr. Best. The Director’s articles were mostly concerned 
with new or interesting plants and ornamental trees; Mr. Flippance’s articles 
consisted of a series on garden planning in Malaya, a neglected subject to 
which he has devoted a good deal of attention. 
The Director and Mr. Flippance contributed chapters to the Y.W.C.A. 
puolication Gardening for Amateurs in Malaya. 
The Director also contributed two articles to the 1934 issue of the Malayan 
Orchid Review. 
