XXIX. CULTURAL SOCIETIES 
70. The Department gave considerable assistance to the Singapore 
Gardening Society and the Malaysian Orchid Society. Mr. A. G. Alphonso 
was Vice-President of both, while Mr. Lam Hin Cheng served on the com- 
mittee of the former and Mr. Tan Kim Ho and Mr. Ang Gek Choo of the 
latter. Several meetings of the S.G.S. were held in the Botanic Gardens, and 
Gardens staff prepared a number of contributions for publications in the 
Malayan Orchid Review. Mr. Burkill was a committee member of the 
Singapore Branch of the Malayan Nature Society. 
XXX. ADVISORY WORK 
71. There was a slight decline in requests for horticultural advice, 
though what was required still takes up a disproportionate amount of one 
curator’s time. Planting plans were prepared for: 
(1) Primary School at Jurong New Town, Singapore. 
(2) Primary Schools (North and South) at Queenstown Neighbourhood 
(3) Secondary Academic School at Queenstown Neighbourhood III. 
(4) Secondary Vocational School at Queenstown Neighbourhood III. 
(5) Secondary Academic School at Jubilee Road, Singapore. 
(6) Secondary Vocational School at 6\ m.s. Upper Serangoon Road. 
(7) Secondary Vocational School at Lichfield Road. 
(8) Secondary Academic School at Upper Thomson Road. 
72. With publicity given over the radio and the press concerning the 
herbarium reconstruction, there was a marked increase in public interest, and 
many people came just to see that there really was such a building, and that 
there really were these immensely valuable plant collections, that they had 
heard about. Many more traders came too with inquiries on commercial plant 
projects. 
73. Government’s tree planting campaign continued, and the Gardens 
supplied tree saplings for this whenever requested. 
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