STRAITS SETTLEMENTS GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 27 ; 1884 
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- It is intended to plant in this Garden a collection of all Her- 
baceous plants, native and otherwise, within reach ; it will consequently 
include plants to he found in Singapore, by the wayside, m the fields, 
ponds and ditches, and form a purely Botanical arrangement for the pur- 
pose of instruction. 
pg The ^rounds, so far as laid out, will suffice to accommodate the 
first great division of plants ( Dicotyledons ), while the second and third 
divisions ( Monocotyledons and Acotyledons ) will find a place on the 
lawn lying between the Band Stand and the property of His Highness the 
Maharaja of Johor. 
19 . Band Stand. — Additional accommodation has been made on the 
Band Stand by the provision of seats for the Bandsmen, which have been 
long wanted. The plant vases and flower beds have received the usual 
attention. 
20 —Lakes. — The lakes have been cleared of weeds and of the sand 
washed into them hv the heavy rains — a work which sometimes takes up 
much valuable time and retards more important works. 
21. — The two smaller lakes which occasionally fell to a low ebb, have 
been connected by an under-ground pipe by which means they are non 
kept full. 
22. -- Aviaries— But little has been done to the Aviaries during the 
year. A new Aviary is much wanted, and until this be secured, it is 
almost useless repairing the old structure, the wood-work being very 
rotten and unrepairable. 
23.— Beads and Walks. — The Boads and Walks have been main- 
tained in good order throughout the year, by applications of laterite where 
required, but more extensive repairs will have to he undertaken next year. 
24. — Work in Plant Houses. — The potting of the collection of pot 
plants has taken up a good deal of time in the Plant Houses. Large con- 
signments of Orchids received from the Native States have been put on 
blocks and prepared for despatch in Wardian cases. Many Crotons, Diff- 
fenhachias and ornamental foliage plants generally in demand in the 
Colony have been potted for sale, and many have been disposed of. 
25. — Plant Nursery. — Propagation of plants in the various Nurse- 
ries made last year have been pushed on with vigour, and a large collec- 
tion of useful and ornamental plants is now on hand. 
26. — Activity in the Forest-tree Nursery considerably decreased 
towards the close of the year, owing to the removal of the site of 
planting operation to a distance, and it being found necessary to open new 
Nurseries in connection with these operations on the spot. 
27. — Experimental Garden. — An Experimental Garden was open 
during the year on a portion of Government land near the Botanic Gar- 
dens, chiefly with a view to experiments in vegetable cultivation, but also 
with economic plants. The results obtained during the year will he found 
in Appendix E. The Land selected contains a variety of soils, and is 
well adapted for experimental purposes, hut it will take considerable 
time to stock this Nursery with the requisite plants for experimental pur- 
