K 19; Phoenix canadensis, K95; Cyrtostachys randa, K100; Washington ia 
robusta K104- Terminalia samoensis, F63; Terminaha macadami, F62, 
Cupressus adzonica, D86, D92, D99; Casuadna rumphiana, E34; Cassia 
bakedana D215; Strychnos nux-vomica, F64; Erythnna specwsa , F65; 
Erythdna corallodendron, F48; Erythnna sanderiana, F46; Fagraea aunculata, 
0194 D209- Cyrtostachys lakka, D216; Dictyosperma jurjuraceum, K38; 
and Spathodea campanula, U12, U13, U14, V6, V7, V8, VII. 
42 To the hedging materials established in trial lengths near the office 
reported in the Annual Report 1965 (paragraph 43), sections of Hemigraphis 
alternata and Durant a plumieri have been added. All five species, that is 
Bougainvillea sanderiana, Malpighia coccigera, Ehretia microphylla, Bixa 
orellana in addition to the two foregoing, are forming compact hedges. 
43. A total of 1,694 wooden plant-name boards and 57 signboards 
were prepared or renewed, and nearly ten thousand metal tag labels embossed. 
Notice boards were placed at the Dalvey Gate and TyersaU Gate. 
44. The depredations of the coconut beetle ( Oryctes rhinoceros) and 
the Red Stripe Weevil ( Rhynchophorus ferrugineus ) were kept within bounds 
by regular spraying of palms and control of potential nursery sites. Hornets 
and bees establishing swarms on the Gardens’ trees were occasionally 
troublesome and had to be burnt out. The Chief Fire Officer is thanked for 
the use of one of his ladders to get at one nest which was all but beyond 
reach from the fully extended ladder with a fire brand on a long pole. The 
large combs of the Greater and Lesser Indian Bee were attacked by eagles 
foraging for honey and this provoked the bees to going for any innocent 
passer-by. 
45. Conventional litter-baskets proved to be useless in the presence 
of monkeys that scavenged in them and strewed their contents over the ground. 
Consequently, a new type with a top cover has been designed, and twenty 
have been put up in the Gardens. Four garden seats were constructed in the 
shelter on Lawn V. The wooden bridges at the upper and lower ends of the 
Lake were repaired. 
46. The Director of Primary Production supplied twelve pure white 
Peking Ducks. Mrs. Edith Cho Chak Nam of Singapore presented 16 Peking 
ducklings and 4 goslings. The survivors of these, together with two brown 
“farmyard” ducks, unofficially released by an unknown person, have settled 
down in the Lake and spend the night on the Island. They have become a 
considerable attraction to visitors. 
XXIV. HORTICULTURAL EXCHANGE 
47. Seed and plant exchanges continued to be an important aspect of 
the Horticultural Division’s activity. One seed collector was kept fully 
engaged in obtaining material, and two nurserymen were employed in 
germinating seed in the introduction houses where new material is established. 
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