flasks, which made good A number of new pollinations were 
made. No new hybrids flowered during the month. 
7 . Vegetable Hardens . 
The following beds were re-c 
Long Bean ....... 
4 
beds 
Kangkong 
4 
Bayam 1 . . . 
4 
tt 
Bendi 
2 
If 
Cucumber 
2 
If 
Luffa aequtangula 
1 
bed 
Ceylon Spinach . . , 
1 
If 
Talinum ‘ . 
1 
It 
onditioned and planted 
Brinjal (various) ....... 
Maize 
Maize 
Monordica 
Shallot 
Let“^uce, Yates 
Tubers . 
4 beds 
4 " 
4 ” 
2 " 
8 beds Keladi (various) 
4 beds Si 6 ridges of Sweet Potato (various) 
4 beds of Tapioca 
2 beds of Jerusalem Artichoke 
1 bed Coleus tuberosus. 
Routine : Citrus plants received dressing of N.P.K. Pour fresh 
heaps of compost were manufactured. 
Pests . Shoots of Brinjal plan-^-s badly attacked by stem-borers 
were pruned. Bendi fruits attacked by ants were treated- with Pysect 
dusting x^owder. Nine Pax^aya fruits were eaten by sq.uirrels this 
month. ' * ' 
Seeds distributed eg: collected . Fresh seeds were issued to 
officers of NipxDon Army (Mil itary Police Changi), teachers of govern- 
ment Schools, iigri cultural Department, Food Control Office, and several 
private vegetable gardeners. 
Seeds collected: - Bras sic a, Yam Bean, Long Bean, Kidney ‘Bean. 
Pour-angled Bean, Maize, Snake Gourd, Momordica, Brinjal (various), 
Baxam (various), Papaya, Ghillie and Kangkong. 
Sweet Potatoes. Special notes are being made on the Garden’s 
collection of varieties of sweet potatoes (about 12 kinds) and draw- - 
ings of all are b.eing prepared. 
Fruits 
Brinjal 446 
Snake Gourd 
155 
Tomato 74 
Luf fa , smooth 
41 
Luf fa, angled 9 
Cucumber 3U 
Momordica 22 
Papaya 24 
Ghillie 
Gooseberry 
Harvest 
Pods 
Sword Bean 193 
Long Bean 
18 bundles 
Bendi 231 
Four-angled 
Bean 629 
Lima Bean 
Carrots 14 
Parly Horn Hoots 
Record. 
’ Leaf Crops 
Lettuce 104 plants 
Brassic,a 152 ” 
Talinum 53 bundles 
Kangkong 55 
Basella 39 
Indian Lettuce 
li|. bundles 
Sweet Potato tops 
15 bundles. 
Tubers 
A good deal of: 
Artichoke, ■ 
Sv/eet Potato, 
Tapioca . 
■ A small quantity 
of : 
Keiadi Si 
Klephant Yam. 
8 , Lawns . 
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Lawn A . The large Ganna bed v/as completely cleaned, dug and manured, 
re-planted and later weeded. Several Cerbera trees were planted 
at the back of it to corni:)lete the screen from Holland Road. Other 
Canna beds were also weeded. Grass cut as usual. 
Lawn B . V/eeding and grass cutting only. 
Lawn C. Weeding and grass cutting only. 
