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Lawn D . Yi^eeding and grass cutting only. 
Lawn ij} .' Grass cut as usual. Rockery regularly weeded and several 
new plants added. The climbing Bauhinia flowered well. 
Lawn F, Grass cutting only. 
Lawn G (Dell) swept as necessary. Recently planted palms and trees 
are making satisfactory growth. » 
Lake . This had much attention in July and needed no further work in 
August except cleaning the hanks. 
Lawn H . Weeding and grass cutting. The Lake-side path, which borders 
this lawn, is being repaired by the Municipal roads department. 
Lawn J . Weeding and grass cutting only. An Australian flowering tree, 
Stenocarous sinuatus, flow^ered. 
Lawns K L . Weeding and grass cutting. 
Lawn M (plant house & rockery) Lawn N (potting yard): see separate 
report above. 
Lawn 0 . The beds and borders round the Bandstand hill were maintained 
as usual, and owing to dry weather there were plenty of flowers. The 
Gladiolus bulbs planted 2 months ago flowered well. Three new Plume- 
rias of different varieties were added to the collection, A^very 
interesting and beautiful flowering tree from Bukit Timah forest, 
Deplanchea baneana , was planted. 
Lawns P & R . Vegetable Gardens: see sei)arate report. Two Tembusu 
trees on Lawn R which had branches overhanging the vegetable beds were 
pruned. 
Lawn Q . Aroid rockery: swept and weeded by potting yard staff. 
Lawn S . Jungle. One dead tree removed, ' . 
Lawn T . The area round the old Sun Rockery was made tidy. The Rockery 
itself was thoroughly weeded, and some~ large and badly shaped Euphor- 
bias pruned or removed. Several new plants of Cactus and Euphorbia 
were planted. Two trees of the interesting Malayan tree Burkillanthus 
malaccensis (Citrus family), not hitherto in cultivation anywhere, 
were planted near the road to the Director’s jiouse. 
Lawns V Sr V , Gardens Jungle, i 
Lawn W . The hedge by the Cluny Road boundary was in bad condition 
and was partly re-planted, and the rest dressed with phosphate. A 
dead palm near the hedge was removed and replaced, land the steep 
ground near the hedge planted with dwarf Piper to prevent soil wash. 
Lawn X . The spreading Anacardium tree was pruned and much rubbish 
removed from beneath and around it. The neighbouring orchid beds were 
weeded and new compost applied. The part of the Sun Rockery in this 
lawn was weeded, and at the top of it some new Lantanas were planted. 
Lawn Y - nursery, chiefly vegetable garden. ...Ule grass plot in the 
north of this area was dug by the men in their spare time and planted 
with Tapioca, 
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Lawn Z . The gap in the hedge of this lawn was repaired and re-planted. 
A number of young trees were dug and manured. The grass was cut over 
completely and the whole area made tidy, A start was made with plant- 
ing special plants in the beds prepared on the tennis court of the 
former assistant di, rector’s quarters. The plants to be planted are 
as follows: (l) seedling Bougainvilleas, hybrids from Gardens plants, 
33; (2) hybrid seedlings of Hlppeastrum (red lilies) and other fine 
