17. Facilities of the Department were made freely available to members 
of the staff and to sponsored students of the Universities of Singapore and 
Malaya, and to other official organisations. The usual very large number of 
casual visitors came daily to the Gardens. 
VII. STATE GIFTS 
18. On the occasion of the state visit of Their Majesties the Yang 
di-Pertuan Agong and the Permaisuri Agong, a gift of seven mature orchid 
plants was made. State gifts were also made of mature orchid plants to 
H.R.H. Princess Rasmi Sobhana of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, six plants, and 
to H.E. The Governor of Malacca, five plants. Flowers provided as state gifts 
to overseas Heads of Governments and Government representatives amounted 
to 360 orchid sprays, while 900 sprays were supplied for state banquets and 
other government functions. 
VIII. CONCERTS 
19. The Singapore Police Band gave six concerts in the Gardens, which 
were very much appreciated by visitors. The Police Commissioner and the 
Police Bandmaster are thanked for this courtesy. 
IX. PUBLICATIONS 
20. Three parts of The Gardens’ Bulletin , Singapore, volume XX were 
issued during the year. Papers were: 
Chew Wee Lek: 
Furtado, C. X. : 
Hsuan Keng : 
Hsuan Keng: 
Anderson, J. A. R. : 
Ashton, F. S. : 
Turner, G. J. : 
Florae Malesianae Precursores — XXXIV. A Revision of 
the genus Poikilospermum (Urticaeae). 
Notes on some Malaysian Melastomaceae. 
Phyllocladus inophyllus Hk.f. 
Taxonomic position of Phyllocladus and the classification 
of Conifers. 
The Flora of the Peat Swamp Forests of Sarawak and 
Brunei, etc. 
Taxonomic notes on Bornean Dipterocarpaceae. 
New records of Plant Diseases in Sarawak for the years 
1960 and 1961. 
A quantity of other papers is to hand in typescript adequate to make up 
volume XX (4) and a half of volume XXI. 
21. Mr. A. G. Alphonso, Curator, prepared a short pamphlet ‘A Guide 
to Tree Planting’ in support of the Prime Minister’s tree planting campaign. 
The Ministry of Culture translated this into Malay, Chinese and Tamil. 
X. LIBRARY 
22. The Library has remained in very cramped and unsatisfactory 
accommodation in the spirit collection room of the herbarium and in the 
horticultural officers’ office to the exclusion of the proper use of these rooms. 
Accessions amounted to 26 books by purchase, three books as gifts, four 
classical works on microfiche, 40 titles of periodicals on subscription, and the 
publications of 287 institutions receiving the Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore on 
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