15. The old summer house in front of the Orchid Enclosure was dis- 
mantled and in its place a gazebo was erected. The gazebo was transferred 
to the Botanic Gardens from the old Admiralty House at Grange Road. 
16. Two “flower-box” type litter bins were constructed and 20 conven- 
tional type bins were added to the various lawns, bringing the total of litter 
bins to 72. 
17. Planting of trees and shrubs to beautify the Cluny Road Car Park 
was carried out by the Department. 
VII. GARDENS MAINTENANCE 
18. A group arrangement using foliage and flowering plants was made 
on Lawn X, by the path leading to the Sun Rockery. This improved the 
landscape effect of the area. 
19. On Lawn W, a landscaped garden with a lily-pond, boulders, 
tropical ferns, cycads, aroids and allied plants was constructed. The tree ferns 
which are rarely found growing in the lowlands are often admired by tourists 
and visitors. 
20. At the main gate near the two “lions” a rock arrangement high- 
lighting a gigantic Nest Fern, Asplenium nidus, was made. Consisting only of 
local ferns, this arrangement has also been much admired by tourists and 
visitors. 
21. A marsh garden, in which water plants such as Lotus, Sagittaria, 
Monocharia, Papyrus, and sedges were planted, was created on a depression 
in the terrain of Lawn A. 
22. More water plants were grown in the lake in order to add interest 
and to break the monotony of a wide expanse of water. A pair of white swans 
flown out from Denmark were received on 24th December, 1969. 
23. The Hemigraphis alternata hedge growing along the fence on 
Napier Road and Tyersall Avenue was replaced with Acalypha siamensis. 
24. The lawn maps indicating the positions of plants were checked and 
brought up-to-date. 1,118 wooden labels were made or renewed, 4,646 
aluminium tags were made and 16 signboards prepared during the year. 
25. Several trees within the Gardens which were considered dangerous 
to life and limb were removed. On 9th and 10th December unusually heavy 
rainfall caused floods in many parts of the island. In the Gardens, a tembusu, 
estimated to be more than 50 years old and a big fig. Ficus callophylla, were 
blown down by strong winds and were disposed of. 
26. The plants were well maintained and routine spraying of insecticides 
and fungicides and a regular programme of manuring were carried out. 
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