SYONAN BOTANICAL GAHDStvS. 
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Monthly Report for October, 2602 ^ 
1 . Herbarium , 
Che* Mohamed Hur inspected bundles of Mr. Carr's Hew 
Guinea collections, and added, napthalene for poisoning. He also 
incorporated 2b0 mounted sheets into the herbarium and re- 
arranged 10^5 sHeets of the families Sapindaceae, Gabiaceae and 
Anacardlaceae . Kiah mounted I 2 f 5 specimens and dried 20 new 
specimens. 
iifi specimens were named for Nipponese officers. 
A collection of local weeds used as food plants was begun, 
specimens prepared and names noted, at the request of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
2. Library * 
1 1 0 > books were cleaned and 15^ varnished. Dr. Furtado spent 
some time in re-arranging the books on general botany, agriculture 
and horticulture, preparing also new index cards. 
i • Dr. Furtado *s Botanical work . 
Dr. Furtado continued his work on the rattans of the genus 
Calamus. He finished preliminary keys to the species of Groups 1 , 
3 . 6, 14., I 5 d:l 6 . In this work he discovered the existence of 
two further undescribed species. 
Dr. Furtado also spent the greater part of 6 days in arranging 
for rice permits, purchasing and distributing rice, and 2 days, 
with P. Suppiah a d Mohamed Nur, in making a survey of livestock 
in the Gardens Quarters, Napier Road, Cluny Road and Lermit Road. 
4 -. Mr_ Ho lttum 's B otan ica l wor k. 
Mr. Holttum spent his si>are time in making a number of draw- 
ings of sp cies of the genera Boloitis, iSgenolfia, Dictyopter is, 
Plevenemia and Heterogonium which he has oeen studying. He also 
began a study of the genus Asplenium, which includes some 20 
Ma 1 a yan s po cies. 
5 * Pott ing Yar d. 
7)1 plants were potted or re-potted. ^26 seedlings of Brinjal 
a d Paj^ya were transplanted in preparation for planting out in the 
vegetable garden, and 6 packets of vegetable seeds from Japan planted 
592 cuttings were planted of species of which stock is low. 1 C 
selected tree seedlings for memorial planting, 8 palms and 5 Bougain- 
villeas were sent to Government House. 57 foliage plants were 
sent for display In the plant house. I 2 f Malayan orchid plants were 
re-planted. 4.2 tree seedlings of surplus stock were provided for 
the Roads Department. 
^ ^ nese Gardener's Nursery . 
^5^ flowering plants were supplied for the steps in front of 
the plant house, and 259 old plants were returned. 
7 • Plant Hou ses 
These were liialntalned as usual, and a large number of plants 
top-dressed with compost and fertilizer. Some old unsightly plants 
