SYONAN BOTANICAL OARDjiNS. 
Monthly Report for September. 2602 > 
1. Herbarium . 
Ghe’ Mohamad Hur spent about half the month in looking over 
all th§ specimens preserved in alcohol, cleaning and arraiiging 
them and adding more alcohol where necessary. He also re-arranged 
specimens of the families Ampelidaceae and Sapindacea e in the 
herbarium and inspected a further section of Mr* Carr*s New Guinea 
speciioens, 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 herbariuni to study Laslanthus . 
2. Library . 
About 1200 books were cleaned. 62 yolumee 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. 60 O 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 48 new painted wooden labels and I 6 
standard aluminium labels. They also made 7 Poreot Reserve notices. 
Dr. Purtado 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 pieced. Much further work needs to be done on record- 
ing this section. Mr. Holt turn named a few raok»€ trees on lawn Z. 
The junior label printer, Jurairai, spent part of his time in making 
drawings of varieties of sweet potatoes and other vegetables under 
experimental cultivation, as the artist, Mr. Chan York Chye, is 
working at the Museum. 
5. Plant Housea , 
The plants were roaintained as usual, and a large number of 
pots top-dressed with ccmpost and rock phosphate. 'Hie 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 . 
Many beds were re-conditioned and planted out with the 
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