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PLANTS OUTWARDS AND INWARDS 
Plants Outwards— 
Singapore- 
—Plants sold 
2,436 
Cannas scud 
1,543 
Cuttings, bulbs etc. sold 
3,050 
Seeds sold 
135 packets 
Plants sent out as exchanges 
372 
Plants supplied free .. 
1,089 
Seeds sent out to botanical institutions 
1,092 packets 
Penang — 
Plants, tubers etc. sold 
2,530 
Seeds sold 
60 packets 
Plants supplied free 
1,213 
Cuttings supplied free 
1,513 
Plants sent out as exchanges 
57 
Plants Inwards— 
Singapore - 
-Plants collected by staff 
236 
Seeds do. do. 
18 packets 
Plants received as exchanges or gifts 
278 
Seeds received as exchanges 
346 packets 
Plants purchased 
146 
Seeds purchased 
360 packets 
Penang — 
Plants 
322 
Seeds .. .. .. .. 
250 packets 
Gifts are gratefully acknowledged from the following persons and 
institutions: Phya Pradibadda Bhubal; Mr. E. D. Butler; Dr. L. Croizat; 
Capt. Ambrose Dunstan ; Forest Research Institute, Kepong; Major F. Hayes; 
Capt. H. Johnstone (Palm seeds from Para) ; Mr. J. J. van der Laan, Medan 
(200 seedlings of Pinus Merkusii for Penang Hill) ; Mrs. W. I. L. Legg; Mr. 
Loh Bok Choon; Mr. G. R. Mills; Dr. W. T. Quaife; Miss C. Reid; Serdang 
Experimental Plantation; Mr. W. N. C. Steele; Mr. C. Takahashi; Mr. Z. 
Teruya; Dr. E. D. B. Wolfe. Exchanges of plants were effected with a 
number of persons and institutions; among these thanks are due particularly 
to the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Sir Jeremiah Colman 
Bart., and Mr. K. Tomari, Imperial University of Kyoto. Seeds were received 
as exchanges at Singapore from 25 institutions and persons, and sent out to 
53 botanical institutions. 
THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE 
The Plant Houses .—Numerous additions were made to the series of local 
orchids in the small plant house; this series is now fairly representative of 
all genera and subgenera which can be kept under conditions of cultivation 
in Singapore. Additions were also made to the collection of other epiphytes. 
The nibong slats on the roof of the small plant house were renewed by the 
Gardens staff, and repairs were effected by the Public Works Department to 
the framework of the large plant house. There was no change in the general 
arrangement of the houses. The descriptive labels were maintained. 
The Lake. —The lake was drained and cleaned very thoroughly in August, 
a considerable amount of mud being removed from the upper end. The 
subsequent growth of Nymphaea seedlings was very large, but they suffered 
badly from attack by larvae of a water beetle which ate the young leaves. 
Some fine new Nymphaeas, raised from seeds kindly sent in 1933 by H.R.H. 
Prince Chatra Mongol, Bangkok, were planted out and flowered well. A 
collection of all available species and varieties of Ixora was planted on the 
western bank towards the foot of the lake; it is intended to add to this 
collection as opportunity offers. 
Notes on plants of interest. —In April, the tall Corypha gebanga (Malaysian 
Talipot palm) near the office flowered, and during the rest of the year the 
fruits developed slowly. The plant was about 42 years old. Sixteen plants of 
Ficus carica , the edible fig, of four varieties, were introduced from England 
for trial. They grew well in large pots, and began to fruit, but in a few 
months they were attacked so severely by boring weevils and a species of 
longicorn beetle, the larvse of which ate into the tap root, that most of the 
