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Monthly Report for July, 2602. 
1, Herbarium . 
Mr Mohd. Nur re-arranped about 3t500 sheets of the families 
Tlllaceae^ Gonystylaceae, Linaceae, Malplghlaceae , aeraniaceae, 
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for Helbei of St. Patrick's School, and Mr. Holttum named 
about 50 specimens for a Japanese soldier. 
Dr. Purtado continued his work on Calamus (see below). 
2, Library . 
1 643 books were cleaned and 242 varnished. 82 index cards for 
new books^(chiefly from, the Museum) were prepared, 6 books were len. 
to Mr, Desch for his work on timbers at the Museum, 
3 , Pottincr Yard . 
856 cuttings of 30 kinds were planted for P’^IPP^fation, and 26 
new marcots .oade, 952 plants of 71 kinds were new Begonias , 
f'f.T’ns and Aroids were sent to the Plant house, and 18 plants remoyea 
for re-potting. Seedlings were also raised as req.uired for he ^ S " 
table gL-dens, and the stock of plants maintained as usual, 
were lent for an official dinner party at the Adelphi hotel. 72 pi 
were sullied for planting in St. Andrew's Cathedral compound. 
4, Plajit House * 
The plant house was maintained as usual. 328 new Pot 
plantrwe?f placed on the' steps and 309 old plants removed. 78 orchid 
llTntl irflowerwere brought for display from the Orchid nursery and 
76 plants returned, 
Br. Purtado checked over labels of potted plants and corrected 
some that had been misplaced. 1 
5 , Orchid Nursery . 
Hr. llvlneston oontlnued In charge of the seedllnge and 
s;'rriJ,4J"?'d”rr:;rn"s.”i^”??-ScCr£ne;^pon 
5S’'hyh4J"oSi.5: faJf ^d?pan?Cl?L.'M.S;rto’7he H^erer of 
Manchukuo. 
6. Labelling- and Indexing of Plants. 
and pif or 
cons?leraSe nLber%f°Sum?nSm°laieirwe?rmadI! and 20 painted labels 
for families in the herbarium, 
Mr Livingston continued hie work on the index of Plants , under 
Dr. Hurtado's supervision; he checked about 4p0 plants during the 
month, and made numerous corrections in the card index and lawn plans. 
