raceJafso Aeirs"'’ Imported from Mani]a began to fruit, proving our best 
par.ic„l„ ly with 
the Econ™ur r r m !t nt S dec '? ion to build th e Raffles Memorial College in 
is befng made 1 “ OV ^ ,eS ever y thin S connected with it. The attempt 
is Deing made to propagate in any possible wav the good nlants that 
a n new a site. an aPPliCati ° n haS been for permission^o trSer them " 
Of economic plants 1,532 were sent out in 1921 and of seed 202 packets. 
Waterfall Gardens, Penang. 
labourer, 1 ' T *1™ ^ een , made abo X e °] the cut in wages which enabled extra 
bevond Ih P ,Lr P Oy f eC J • P erm,tted the employment of about eight men 
frC a Sint a nn ge ye . ar£ ’ with the hel P of a small sum transferred 
restoration 1 * of P fhe F 6 ‘ pT* W ° rk ,° f f ° Ur ° f the£e men went into the 
h ® ern -R° ck e r y, and of three into better mowing. The 
amount of sweeping was increased towards the end of the year. 
spotThat hwas R ° Ckery ^ ”° W again We " ° n the way t0 becoming the beauty 
At the . top of the Swimming-bath gully a rustic bridge has been built 
and rockeries made at the ends of it with flowering plants on them Additional 
flower-beds have been dug around the Bandstand hill. The nursery was 
entrance grte *** ^ °“ the bi * bank ™ 
The lower roads were coated with Tarco. Many of the old Pandans 
were removed from the upper part of the Gardens. The Eucalvots perish 
7onJ J ^ a v d n an °i ther 7 aS l0St The hill " to P where the bungalow once 
the island ‘of Pulau Jerejak V,StaS CU ‘ tOWards the Waterfall and towards 
Xyiopia Curtisii flowered in the Gardens, and so did Hydrangea Hortensia. 
rental T^IiTT/l^TTh? "T ’? , No J erab f consented to let, at a nominal 
lentab to the Gardens the block of land at the Gardens’ gate whereon was 
ie \ egetable harm. As soon as possible it will be brought into a tidv 
.condition, the better to preserve the amoenities of the place. The part near 
asTnursery. ^ P ^ W ' th ornamental shrubs > and the part at the back used 
The cataloguing of the plants in the Gardens is in progress Mr H.™ 
being responsible for numbering the trees and for collecting material for 
the purpose of determination or authentication. s ' for 
There were sent out 2,626 plants and 163 packets of seed, which is a 
slight increase on 1920, but less than in the years before. 
Government House Domain. 
After trying in vain all sorts of expedients to stop tresspass over the 
grass in the Domain, a watchman was engaged in October. It will be 
necessary to retain him permanently. 
A motor mower was put into use; but it cannot yet be regarded as a 
success. The rubber plantation within the Domain towards the Municipal 
Filter-beds was removed, and many trees of Poinciana regia planted among 
the remaining tembusu trees. The golf course was diverted towards thS 
side, and the area brought into a better condition. New beds were d.,J 
on the upper lawns, and filled with Cannas. Several trees were removed 
having grown too big for their places and some were lost bv storms, notably 
m the south-west corner by ICramat Road, where it is necessary to raise i n 
a fresh screen against certain very ugly buildings. " J 
6th July, 19 22. [No. 5495/22.] 
I. HENRY BURKILL, 
Director of Gardens, S. S. 
