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Lawns P & P. See Vegetable Gardens. 
Aroid Rockery, swept and kept tidy "by Potting Yard staff. 
Lawn 
Aroid 
Lawn 
S, 
Part 
which 
fill 
Lawn 
T. 
Grass 
an in 
never 
Lawns U 
& V. 
B'urning yard. 
L ay/n W. Grass cutting. The thickets round the bases of the rattans 
on this lawn were cleaned of much rubbish and the rattans 
given a little rock phosphate. A start was made at dig- 
ging and manuring the many palms on this lawn needing 
attention. A dead palm and a small dead tree were removed, 
and a new tree (Cast annspermum australe ) planted. 
Lawn X . Grass cutting. One overgrown bamboo removed. 
Lawn Y. (Vegetable Garden Nursery). 
Lawn . 
Work on this lawn '"as continued from August. A.11 young 
trees were dug and. manured, two new Gnetum trees planted, 
and grass cutting c'^pleted. 
The plan'f'lng of hybrid needling Bougainvilleas and bulbs 
on the site of the Assistant Director’s tenris court was 
completed, and also a large number of Hibiscus and Ixora 
varieties for which there is now no room in the Nursery. 
The planting of Gannas was begun. 
9, Dr. Furtado’s botanical work . 
Dr. Purtado continued his study of the rattans of the genus 
Calamus. He completed the naming of all specimens from Malaya. 
He then prepared a new class irication of the genus into sections, 
as his new information had shown the old divisions unsatisfactory, 
and drafted keys to the sections and to all‘ Peninsula species. 
These draft descriptions of sections and keys are still not complete 
but satisfactory progress is being made. Dr, Furtado has also 
prepared descriptions of 3 new species of Calamus from Malaya. His 
survey shows that about 60 species of Calamus are at present Icnown 
to occur in the country, of which about 12 are new. 
10. Mr. Holttum’s botanical work . 
Mr. Holt turn spent some time in naming trees in the Gardens, 
and in collecting notes on the various Albizzia trees, which are not 
all named. He described two new orchid hybrids which flowered 
during' the month. He also made notes on 3 hybrid Bougainvilleas 
seedlings which have flowered for the first time, of which one se^s 
worth keeping for further trials. He continued his work on ferns, 
studying the remaining genera in the Dryopteris sub-family, Bolbitis, 
j<:genolfia, Stenosemia, Quercifilix, Gyclopeltis and Didyrnochlaena. 
His studies indicate that a change in the management of some species 
included in Tectaria should be made, and he is attempting to re- 
define the genera. 
