XXIII. SUCCULENTS 
74. The collection was added to by donation and acquisition of seeds 
under the seed exchange programme. There is an appreciable public interest 
in these plants. Proposal to construct a public display house for this kind 
of plant have unfortunately not been approved. 
EXTENSION WORK 
XXIV. SUPPLY OF PLANTING MATERIAL 
75. A total of 13,391 plants, cuttings, lots of bulbs and packets of seeds 
were sold to the public. Revenue was $20,147 of which $16,672 was derived 
from the sale of orchid material and the balance from other plants. 
76. The Gardens continued to supply planting material free of charge 
to Singapore Government departments, charitable institutions, government- 
aided schools and other official or quasi-official organisations. A total of 
3,772 plants was made available. The Gardens also continued to loan potted 
plants to official and quasi-official departments and to welfare and cultural 
organisations for decoration at special occasions : 3,552 pots were so loaned. 
XXV. EXHIBITION AND SHOWS 
77. Mr, Alphonso was invited to judge at the Malayan Agrihorticultural 
Association show at Kuala Lumpur, 31st August to 3rd September. Once 
again the Botanic Gardens put up a non-competitive exhibit at this show. 
About 80 orchid plants, 50 cacti and succulents and 50 Saintpaulia ionantha 
were on display. This exhibit was not only a great attraction, but was an 
excellent demonstration of the horticultural research work of the Gardens 
which has no parallel in the Federation. The scope of the Gardens’ exhibit 
in future is likely to be restricted because of the new federal plant import 
rules by which Singapore is treated as a foreign country. 
78. The Gardens gave considerable assistance to the Singapore Garden- 
ing Society and the Malayan Orchid Society in staging their respective annual 
shows. Highlights of each show were the large non-competitive landscape 
groups put up by the Gardens. Exhibits were also put up at the Penang 
Gardening Society annual show, the Selangor Orchid Society Show, and new 
hybrids were regularly exhibited at the Malayan Orchid Society’s monthly 
meetings. 
79. Besides the local exhibitions Gardens orchid hybrids were shown 
overseas at: The Pakistan Flower Show, Karachi; Delhi Flower Show, India; 
Johannesburg Autumn Flower Show, South Africa; Philippine Orchid Society 
Annual Show, Manila; Transvaal Horticultural Show, South Africa; Chelsea 
Flower Show, London; City of Glasgow Flower Show, Scotland; and the 
Sydney Orchid Festival, Australia. Acknowledgement is here made to Messrs. 
BOAC, QANTAS and Air India who flew certain of the consignments free 
of charge. 
XXVI. SINGAPORE GARDENING SOCIETY 
80. Mr. H. M. Burkill and Mr. A. G. Alphonso were respectively Pre- 
sident and Vice-President for the year 1961/62. Regular monthly meetings 
seven of which were in the Gardens were held for members and conducted 
by Gardens’ officers. Demonstrations were also arranged in the Gardens for 
‘Kebuns’ (private gardeners) on topical matters of interest such as burning 
soil, vegetative propagation, insecticide and fungicide spraying. Several mem- 
bers of the Gardens’ staff assisted as judges at the Society’s annual show. 
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