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26. Inspection of Nursery Stock and Vegetables.-The following shipments were inspected and certified as fit for export-forty-eight of dried and fresh vegetables consigned to Philippine Islands; eighteen of Narcissus Tazetta, containing 71,680 bulbs consigned to Britain, Canada and Honolulu; five of Lilium spp. to Britain and the United States of America; fifteen of Sugar Cane, totalling 100,500 pieces, consigned to Singapore and eight small lots of miscellaneous seeds and plants consigned to various countries.
SEED COLLECTION,
27. Seeds of the following were collected for local use and for the purpose of exchange:-Albizzia Lebbek, Benth., Acacia confusa, Merr., Acacia Farnesiana, Willd., Atalantia Hindsii, Oliv., Aleurites Fordii, Hemsl., Aleurites montana, Wils., Aleurites triloba, Forst., Artocarpus hypargyraca, Hance, Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn., Bauhinia variegata, Linn., Bombax Malabaricum, DC., Cinnamomum Camphora, Nees, Casuarina equisetifolia, Linn., Cassia fistula, Herbb., Cassia siamea, Lam., Cassia corymbosa, Lam., Cassia glauca, Lam., Callistemon rigidus, R. Br., Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartw., Celtis sinensis, Pers., Caesalpinia minax, Hance, Delonix regia, Rafin., Eucalyptus tereticornis, Sm., Erythrina indica, Lam., Garcinia oblongifolia, Champ., Gardenia florida, Linn., Grevillea robusta, A. Cum., Ixora chinensis, Lam., Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn., Iris speculatrix, Hance, Leucaena glauca, Benth., Liquidambar formosana, Hance, Lilium Brownii, var. Colchesteri, Melia Azedarach, Linn., Melaleuca Leucadendron, Linn., Podocarpus chinensis, Wall., Phoenix Roebelinii, O'Brien, Quercus cornea, Lour., Quercus Edithae, Skan, Quercus Harlandi, Hance, Poupartia Fordi, Hemsl., Rhus hypoleuca, Champ., Sapium discolor, Muell-Arg., Strychnos angustiflora, Benth., Sterculia lanceolata, Cav., Tristania conferta, Griff and Tutcheria spectabilis, Dunn.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS, ETC.
28. The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants, etc:-The Conservator of Forests, Sandakan, North Borneo; The Director, Botanic Garden of the Imperial University, Tailioku, Formosa; The Director of Agriculture, Macau; The Director, Botanic Gardens, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Park, Nanking; The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, Hawaii; Dr. G. A. C. Herklots; Mrs. R. E. Hoare; Messrs. Kunst and Albers; Professor Woon Yung Chun, Director, Botanical Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Canton; Messrs. D. T. Fleming (Hawaii); J. T. Bagram; C. H. Tredwell (New Zealand); A. Tse; G. H. Vernon (Thursday Island); F. J. Ludowici (Sydney); F. P. de V. Soares and Liu Ying.
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