SYONAN BOTMICAL OARBENS. 
Monthly Re-port for September, 2602 , 
1* Herbarium . 
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Che* Mohamed Nur spent about half the month in looking over 
all the specimens preserved in alcohol, cleaning and arranging 
them and adding more alcohol where necessary. He also re-arranged 
specimens of the feunilies Anipelidaceae and Sap Indac eae in the 
herbarium and inspected a further section of Mr# Carr s New Guinea 
specimens, putting in napthalene to protect against insects. 
Kiah mounted about 150 specimens (chiefly rattans) and dried a 
number of specimens for the Gardens Herbarium. A Japanese officer 
visited the herbarium to study Lasianthus . 
2. Library . 
About 1200 books were cleaned. 62 volumes of Chemist and 
Druggist were sent to the Museum. 
3. Potting Yard . . 
586 plants were re-potted and also 420 seedlings for the 
Vegetable Garden. 60O cuttings were made for propagation of 
plants of which stocks are low. 44 packets of seeds were planted 
(chiefly vegetables; also one rare palm, and a tree cotton not 
at present in the Gardens). 76 foliage plants were sent to the 
Plant House for display. 333 new flowering plants were sent to 
the Plant House steps and 401 old plants removed. Two tree seed- 
lings (Mangifera Maingayi) were planted near the entrance to the 
potting yard to take the place of trees which fell earlier in the 
year. 
4. Labelling# Indexing and Mapping of Plants . 
The label printers made 46 new painted wooden labels add 16 
standard aluminium labels. They also made 7 Forest Reserve notices. 
Dr. Furtado and Mr# Livingston spent a good deal of time checking 
the plan of lawn W, on which many palms are not yet recorded, and 
some wrongly placed. Much further work needs to be done on record- 
ing this section. Mr. Holttum named a few more trees on lawn Z. 
The junior label printer, Juraimi, spent part of his time in making 
drawings of varieties of sweet potatoes and other vegefables under 
experimental cultivation, as the artist, Mr. Chan York Chye, is 
working at the Museum. 
5. Plant Houses. 
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The plants were maintained as usual, and a large number of^ 
pots top-dressed with compost and rock phosphate. The orchids in 
the orchid house were changed as necessary. The display was not 
so good as in former months as a number of plants of Spathoglottis 
and Vanda hybrids have been re-potted. 
6. Vegetable Gardens . 
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Many beds were re-conditioned and planted out with the 
following;- 
5 
beds 
of 
Cucumber 
3 
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Bendi 
3 
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Bras sic a (Pak Choy) 
3 
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Brinjal (market variety) 
3 
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Bay am 
3 
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Lettuce Mignonette 
2 
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Arrowroot 
1 bed/ 
