Lawn I) . Weeding and grass cutting only. 
Lawn IS. Grass cut as usual. Koclcery regularly weeded and several 
new plants added. The climbing Bauhinia flowered well. 
Lawn P . Grass cutting only. 
Lawn G (Bell) swept as necessary. Recently planted paLmn and trees 
are making satisfactory growth. 
Lake . This had much attention in July and needed no further work in 
August except cleaning the banks. 
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 g^ass cutting only. An Australian flowering tree, 
Stenocarpus slnuatus , flowered. 
L awns K (fe L . Weeding and grass cutting. 
Lawn M (plant house &. rockery) Lawn H (potting yard): see separate 
report above. 
Lawn 0 . The beds and borders round the Bandstand hill were maintained 
as ucual, 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, 
Beulanchea baneana . was planted. 
Lawns P <fe R . Vegetable Gardens: see separate report. Two Tembusu 
trees on Lawn R which had branches overhanging the vegetable beds were 
pruned. 
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Lawn Q . Aroid rockery: swept and weeded by potting yard staff. 
Lawn 3 . 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 Buphor- 
bias pruned or removed. Several new plants of Cactus and Buphorbla 
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 house. 
Lawns U V . Gardens Jungle. 
Lawn W . The hedge by the Oluny Road boundary wao in bad condition 
and was partly re-planted, and the rest dressed with phosphate. A 
dead palm near the hedge was removed and replaced, -.and the steep 
ground near the hedge planted wjth dwarf ^ipor 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. 
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Lawn Y - nursery, chiefly vegetable garden. The grass plot in the 
north of this area was dug by the men in their spare time and planted 
with Tapioca. 
Lawn 2 . The gap in the hedge of this lawn was repaired and re-planted. 
A number of young trees were dug and raanured. The grass was cut over 
completely and the whole area made tidy. A start v?os made with plant- 
ing special plants in the beds prepared on the tennis court of the 
former assistant director’s .quarters. The plants to be planted are 
as follows; (l) seedling Bougainvilleas, hybrids from Gardens plants, 
35; (2) hybrid seedlings of Hippeastrum (red lilies) and other fine 
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