XI. CONCERTS 
23. The Singapore Police Force band gave eight Sunday afternoon 
performances during the year. These were much appreciated and the Com- 
missioner of Police and the Director of Music of the Royal Malaysian Police 
(Singapore) are thanked for their interest in arranging these concerts. 
XII. LIBRARY 
24. The library has remained in very cramped and unsatisfactory 
accommodation intended for other purposes. This has curtailed certain as- 
pects of the Gardens proper functioning. Plans for a new library building 
have received provisional approval from the Ministry. 
25. Accessions for the year amounted to 13 books, three maps and one 
microfilm by purchase; 21 books as gifts or complimentary copies, 38 volumes 
of periodicals by subscription, and the periodicals and publications of 322 
addresses by exchange. This intake adds to the growing congestion in the 
veiy restricted and unsuitably designed accommodation. The library register 
showed 8,815 bound volumes at the end of the year. Owing to lack of funds, 
binding is very much in arrears. 
XIII. PUBLICATIONS 
26. Stocks of Flora of Malaya, vol. 1, Orchids, 2nd edition, and vol. 2, 
Ferns, 1st edition, became exhausted during the year, and arrangements 
were made for printing revised editions by incorporating amendments and 
new information supplied by the author. Dr. R. E. Holttum. The text of a 
third volume. Grasses , by Professor H. B. Gilliland of the Botany Depart- 
ment of the University of Singapore, has been accepted for publication. 
27. One part of the Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore, vol. XX (4) was 
brought out with the following papers : 
RAO, A. N., and HARDIAL SINGH: Stamens and carpels within the ovary of 
Dario zibethinus Murr. 
FURTADO, C. X. : The origin of the word ‘Cocos’. 
GILLILAND, H. B. : Further notes on the grasses of the Malay Peninsula, I. 
IOHNSON, A. : An account of the Malesian Leucobryaceae (‘Lumut Puteh’). 
ALLEN, B. M. : Descriptions of the Malayan species of Laportea, 
TURNER, G. J. : New records of plant diseases in Sarawak for the year 1962, 
FURTADO, C. X. : Pothos aurea Hort. Linden. 
ALLEN, B. M. : Malayan Fern Notes, III. Arthropteris in Malaya. 
28. Officers of the Department also had the following papers published 
elsewhere : 
BURKILL, H. M. : The role of the Singapore Botanic Gardens in the develop- 
ment of orchid hybrids: Proc. 4 World Orchid Conf. Sing. Straits Times 
Press, Singapore 1964. 
ALPHONSO, A. G. : Malayan scorpion orchids and their related hybridss : Proc. 
4 World Orchid Conf. Sing., Straits Times Press, Singapore, 1964. 
29. Mr. Alphonso and Mr. Bajuri jointly or individually prepared ten 
orchid hybrid descriptions for publication in the Malayan Orchid Review. 
30. Revenue from the sale of publications prepared by the Department 
and published by the Government amounted to $5,026. 
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