Cantley thanks Morris for the two Wards cases of plants which arrived in excellent order. They are delighted to have received so many things not hitherto in their collection and will watch their progress with interest. By this mail, they are sending Morris two cases, contents as per the enclosed list [not attached]. Some of the items are in large pots but Gambir [gambier] does not succeed there in small ones. They are propagating Cubebs for Morris and hope to be able to send some soon. No plant is more in demand there. The Botanic Garden in Java has given him no assistance to obtain such plants, except when pressure was brought to bear on them by their government. The Dutch in Java have the monopoly of the cultivation and it would appear they are anxious to keep it. The whole forest staff is moving to secure Morris seed of gambir, but so far there is no ripe fruit. It is a singularly difficult plant to find ripe seed of; it is constantly being cut by the Chinese. Cantley has some flowering now in the experimental nurseries and feels convinced that seed is the best means of transmitting this plant. Nearly all the palm seeds they have been sent have grown and they are now forming a good collection of economic plants. Cantley concludes by reporting a recent encounter with a 17 foot boa constrictor, which sprang from the jungle near the entrance to the garden and seized two valuable hunting dogs, strangling them. He is thankful it was not a child or one of the employees that fell to his snare. After six rounds were fired into the snake it endeavoured to escape. As a postscript, Cantley notes he is much interested in the Botanical Station idea about to be carried out in the West Indies and feels convinced something similar could be practiced in the native states there with great advantage. Page contains a note in another hand stating large pieces of Grammatophyllum are wanted. Page 1 of 3.