ancl the night record is certainly imperfect: but exclusive of band nights, 1,278 motors 
and 178 carriages are known to have been driven over the Gardens’ roads, during 
r 9 r 3 after dark, 946 motors and 48 carriages merely passing through, 332 motors and 
130 carnages halting at the bandstand. The cars and carriages bring in the first 
p ace huropeans and in the second Chinese. This visiting of the Gardens after dark 
by carriage-folk is not .unsatisfactory! for twice only have the visitors done anything 
objectionable; but the roads were never intended to be used as thoroughfares as 
frequently seems to be the case. 
The attendance on band nights seems to approach 1,000. 
, Several petty thefts of flowers by otherwise respectable persons occurred, and one 
theft of some edible roots which were under experimental cultivation. 
A list of motor cars observed to be travelling unreasonably fast is kept. The 
pace in the Gardens should be much less than on the roads outside. 
Mention has been made, above, of the labour trouble in the middle of the year : 
W 2 ef V 1 /, C T re u. lt W f S ’^possible for a short time to keep the lawns tidy, for new 
men had to be obtained and then taught to use a scythe. 
, Ha!t , of the ^“gutters edging the roads have been repaired. The head of the 
lake has been partially cleaned, and a senes of five catch pits placed at it, the last of 
w ich is a corner of the lake itself : it is believed that these are doing good work. At 
t-hpm Ti Se r eral i argC bedS have . been grassed over, as it was impossible to keep 
t^m ticly^ The two largest beds, which carried shrubs, have been heavily manured 
and will be used lor Cannas. At the Director's house the secondary jungle has been 
driven back and a rather clear place prepared with high benches (or raising annuals 
Similar high benches have been placed at the Assistant Curator’s house for the same 
purpose. From these benches as well as from the nursery the plant-house 
annex is now kept gay with flowers. For the improvement of the nursery some 
f°lT g 1 - eeS haVC been removed - This Partly, and partly the change 
rare v wh^e the ^ m f lprov f eme " t in the condition of the orchids, whose habitat Is 
th air sta S nates > bllt ne ar the breezy upper surface of a forest 
k \ Be g oma Garden has been m ade. The planting of Cannas 
^ HaS b „ en , commenced - In the hope of ultimately makino- a 
lamed coflection of the smaller local orchids a double row of Plumerias has been 
panted along one edge of the Palmetum ; and when the branches are large enough 
whatever can be got to grow on them will be planted in masses. The idea of usino- 
Plumeria has been taken from the famous gardens at Buitenzorg. g 
. , As itbas been n °ticed that the fern GUichenia is spreading- in the Gardens’ 
jungle and that natural regeneration of trees is at a complete standstill where it rules 
Sraddl diFo t0 r P r S tHe feni ’ f nd b J a to get the "arth back 
10m an acid condition which is connected with the change. 
The lower nursery has been well stocked with shrubs for sale. To regulate the 
sales a puce list has been published in the “Gardens’ Bulletin” which serves for Penano- 
as well as for Singapore : but the larger stock of plants for sale is kept at Singapore. 0 
bandstanif^A ffwF F' ° f Eucalyptus pulverulent a has been planted out at the 
rffir . 11 1 n < ‘, iry0ta P aIms have been removed from the neighbourhood of the 
bv!he S nffi Oreodoxa regia substituted. Licuala grandis has" been planted out 
Satindus^Mu Era ^ Lo ?° tce * ^Mpllarum by the lake side, Pelrtea erecta and 
in“he^oternment e H .^ erbar ‘ um . Aleurites ear data (seed, obtained from a 
tree tne Lrovernment House Domain) near the bandstand. 
avenu1”the mahfgafe- ^ '*'* ^ t0 f ° rm an 
tpiz^has^ome^u^Tgaiii^from^he roots! 1 WaS ^ estroye< ^ to tbe ^ound by a storm in 
PhilalXhif'bv tfh exchanges.— ~Yhe water lilies obtained from Mr. Dreer, 
»es M Sa f C T't a haVe been h btained ff0n " Messr s-°DAMMANN 
, . . ’ J .p es , but it is not time yet to report on them : one Canna “ Little Gem » 
o aine Jy exchange from Mr. C. Curtis, lately Superintendent of the Penang 
» / W ■ t 3 • d Te We ir p ennisetnm Ruppellii , Browallia Czerwiakowski and 
B Rwzh, obtained from Messrs. Schenkel of Hamburg and Herb of Naples have 
proved most useful and ornamental. Mr. J. C. Harvev, I valued correspondent, has 
