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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Singapore.—

Singapore.—

Mr. Murton reports:—" The Arabian coffee here is severely attacked by the disease [Hemileia vastatrix], which has destroyed all hopes of our being able to supply seeds for planters in the Peninsula. The Liberian coffee has not yet shown any signs of being attacked, although some Perak planters have been scared by yellow blotches on the younger parts of the branches. [They appear to have no connection with the disease.] The species is evidently very impatient of deficient drainage. The plants raised from seeds received from Kew in May 1878 are now blooming profusely. Eight hundred fruits from our plants have been sent to Government Hill, Penang, and 500 sent to Perak. Very favourable reports have been received from the Native States regarding the progress of the plants of this species there, and there can be now no doubt that the Liberian coffee has found a congenial home in the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands, and its future propagation may now be left to planters."