SYONAN BOTANICAL OARDi-aJS. 
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Monthly Reioort for August. 2602 . 
1. Herharium . 
Che* Mohatned Kur re-arranged about 2600 sheets of the families 
Meliaceae, Chailletiaceae, Olacineae, Rhairinaceae and Ampeliviaceae. 
He also placed 92 newly mounted specimens in their proper places in 
the herbarium. Kiah mounted 218 specimens, and dried a number of 
others, chiefly cultivated plaJits. Che* Mohamed Nur inspected several 
more cases of Mr. Carr’s Kew Ouinea collections and put in napthalene, 
to keep away insects, as we have no more methylated spirit with which 
to poison the specimens in the usual way. Dr. Purtado named a number 
of plant specimens for Japanese officers, in one case transliterating 
over 100 botanical names into Katakana. 
A Japanese officer Interested in the genus Lesianthus spent some 
time studying specimens in the herbarium. 
2. Library . 
Baud continued his routine cleaning and varnishing of books; 
976 books were cleaned. Mr. Abdul Wahab devoted his spare time to 
preparing a full list of all periodicals in the library (with full 
titles, years of publication etc.). 
3 . Indexing, mapping and labelling of plants. 
Work on mapping Lawn 0 and checking all index cards relating to 
plants on this lawn was completed, and several plants were named and 
labelled which had previously’ not been named. Work was then begun 
on the palms in Lawn K. Dr. Purtado corrected the names of several 
palms on Lawn W. Mr. Holt turn spent some time naming and labelling 
trees on Lawn Z which had lost their labels owing to occupation of that 
area by troops, digging and re-filling of trenches etc.; nearly all 
trees were named and labelled. The label printers made 80 new painted 
wooaen labels, as well as a number oC standard aluminium labels, and 
small labels for the vegetable gardens, orchids etc. They also painted 
sign boards in Japanese characters for the Tyersall and Dalvey Gates 
to the Gardens. 
4. Potting Yard . 
601 plants were re-potted. 857 cuttings we, re planted, chiefly 
of plants difficult to propagate, of which stocks are small. 7 marcots 
were made of two interesting trees, each of which is represented by 
only one plant in the Gardens. 172 aroids, Dracaenas, Begonias etc. 
were sent from the potting yard to the plant house. A considerable 
number of vegetable seeds were planted, and the seedlings handed over 
to the men in charge of vegetable gardens. Seeds were also planted of 
two interesting palms (Livlstona Woodfordii and Goleospadix oninensis), 
of the best Ixora hybrid,, of a tree Cotton, and of Dysoxylum cauli- 
florum (an interesting local tree of which there are no plants In the 
public part of the Gardens). Song Soo, the Chinese gardener in charge 
of foliage plants, made burnt earth for his own use. 241 plants In 
pots, 160 water lily plants, 300 Zephyranths bulbs and 4 clumps of 
palms were supplied for the Bukit Timah Shrine. 
5* Plant House . 
The collection of potted plants was maintained as usual. About 
70 flowering orchids were taken to the orchid house during the month 
and a similar number which had finished flowering returned to the 
nursery. 364 pots of flowering plants wex-'e taken to the plant house 
steps and 264 old ones removed. 
6. OrchicLa . 
Mr. Livingston continued to deal with the orchid seedlings in 
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