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APPENDIX B. 
GARDENS AND FOREST DEPARTMENT, MALACCA. 1 
Mr. R. Derry, Assistant Superintendent of Forests, reports as follows : — 
Bukit Sabokor Garden. 
1. The principal work of the year has consisted of maintenance, general nursery 
work and planting, experimental cultivation, and clearing land. 
2. The main drive has been kept in good repair by the Garden staff, and the 
entrance from the Batu Berendam Road has been raised so as to be above the water 
level during the rainy season. 
3. An avenue of specimen local trees is being formed on the part of the drive 
which entirely belongs to the Garden, and a specimen of Penaga, Petaling, Kayu 
Minyak, Bilian Wangei, Gombang, Kudang, Meranti and Seraya, has been planted 
during the year. 
4. A collection of ornamental shrubs and flowering plants for supplying Govern- 
ment grounds, and for general distribution, has been maintained throughout the year. 
5. The Nursery work may be shown by the following analysis 
Seeds sown. 
Cuttings 
Seedlings 
No. of 
Trees prepared, 
No. of 
planted. 
transplanted. 
Kinds. 
box-planting. 
Kinds. 
No. of Kinds. 
74 
4,000 
12,681 
26 
pF 11,381 
75 
6. Altogether 18,790 * trees have been planted during the year, which leaves a 
balance at the close of the year as follows : — 
Forest trees ready for planting, ... ... ... 3,385 
Fruit trees and other economics, ... .. ... 1,489 
Total, ... 4,874 
An area of about 5 acres has been cleared at Bukit Sabokor Garden and the 
following trees planted : — 
Swie tenia macrophylla , Indian Mahogany, ... ... 767 
Local bamboo, Buluh akar, ... ... 82 
Fagroea peregrina, Tembusu, ... ... ... 3,517 
A fzel ia palemban ica , Merebau, ... ... ... 63 
Artocarpus chempedak , Chempedak, ... ... 262 
Cinnamomum camphora, Camphor,... ... ... 58 
Total, ... 4,749 
8. All the available land suitable for experimental cultivation has been cultivated 
throughout the year. 
9. Egyptian cotton, annatto, tea and castor-oil, have been grown on the land 
adjoining the lake. • 
10. Egyptian cotton ( Gossypium arborenm) gave a moderate crop, and a sample 
has been submitted to the Director of Gardens and Forests for report. Cotton could, 
doubtless, be grown as a first crop on freshly cleared land, but the soil of the Settle- 
ment generally is not rich enough for its cultivation. 
11. Annatto {Bixa orellana) has grown well, and could be cultivated readily in 
almost any part of the Settlement. 
12. Hybrid Assam Tea ( Thea chinensis , var). — Tea has grown well, but is not 
yet old enough to experiment with. Towards the end of the year some havoc to the 
plants was done by white ants, frequent watering with Mauritius-hemp water had the 
effect of driving the ants away for some time. 
* 12,283 brought forward from previous year. 
