var cypheri, B. buttiana, Strongylodon macrobotrys, Mucuna bennettii, 
AUamanda cathartica, Beaumontia multiflora, Passiflora quadriglandulosa 
Chonemorpha penangensis, Ipomoea digit at a, Congea velutina, Cassia splen- 
dida, Petrea volubilis, Tristellateia australasica and Pseud ocalymma alliaceum. 
63. New lawn plantings were: Tabebuia ‘Moir’s variety’. Solatium 
wrightii. Araucaria excelsa, A. cunninghamii, A. columnaris. Orthosiphon 
stamineus ‘Blue’, Duranta plumieri ‘variegated’, Caesalpinia pulcherrima 
‘Pink’, Bougainvillea ‘Double Pink’, B. ‘Pink’, B. ‘Dark Red’; Maniltoa sp. 
119/64, M. sp. 104/64, Congea tomentosa. Juniper us chinensis, Gardenia 
carinata , Ficus irregularis, Millettia atropurpurea, Kopsia fruticosa , Erythrina 
vespertilo, E. speciosa, E. corallodendron. Cassia biflora, C. bakeriana, C. 
alata, Canarium indicum, Ravenia spectabilis, Neomarica sp., Reevesia 
thyrsoides, Filicium decipiens, Vitextrifolia, ssp. littoralis var. steenisi, Gmelina 
arborea, Lagerstroemia indica, L. grandifiora, Hemigraphis drymophila, 
Colvillea racemosa, Moraea bicolor, M. iridioides, Calliandra sp., C. inaequi - 
iatera. Hibiscus mutabilis, Dalbergia oliveri, Elateriospermum tapos, Saraca 
thaipingensis and Schizostachyum brachrycladum. 
64. Seventy-eight dead or dangerous trees were removed or pruned. 
Storm damage brought down the large Araucaria cunninghamii on Lawn B. 
This tree was 70 years old. Five large trees outside the Gardens fence on 
Cl uny Road were removed as they were considered a danger to traffic and 
the houses opposite. 
65. The management of the Lake has, throughout its existence, been 
constantly troublesome. Disbalance in the biota, thought to be due to the 
decimation of the vegetarian fish in the Lake by the carnivorous fish and 
turtles known to be present, led to an explosive outgrowth of Hydrilla 
verticillata. Salvinia sp. also became too abundant. The Lake was drained 
in April for cleaning. The Nymphaea plants were lifted and stored in the silt 
pits above the Lake, and considerable quantities of weed were removed. A 
large quantity of silt was also taken out and used for levelling the banks. 
One turtle, which was given to the National Museum, and 40 Aruan were 
caught, and whatever fish were left were poisoned with ‘Endrex’. The exposure 
of the bottom of the Lake led to a large germination of dormant Nymphaea 
seed which was welcome, but Nelumbium seed also germinated and the plants 
had to be eradicated. Hydrilla also reappeared, and to exercise control, 300 
Lampan Java and 200 Common Carp were released in the Lake. Grateful 
acknowledgement is made to the Primary Production Department for the 
supply of these fish. 
66. Signwriters prepared 30 signboards and 1,066 wooden plant name 
boards. 9,315 aluminium tag labels were made. 
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