SYONAN BOTANICAL CARDENS. 
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Monthly Report for NovemTper, 2602 . 
1. Herbarium . 
Che’ Mohamed Nur re-arranged 2858 specimens of Leguminosae, 
and extracted Solanum specimens from Mr. Carr’s New Guinea 
collections. Kiah mounted 48 herbarium specimens and dried 34 
specimens. He also had charge of the store during the greater 
part of the month, owing to the illness of the store-keeper. 
A list of edible weeds, with Malay and Tamil names and notes 
on modes of use, with a named set of 23 specimens, were sent to 
the Agriculture Department. 35 specimens were named for Japanese 
officers. 
Dr. Purtado has finished his survey of the rattans of the 
genus Calamus in Malaya, has completed his classification into 
groups, with keys to all species. There are 6? species in all, 
as against 46 in Mr* Ridley’s Flora; Dr. Purtado is describing 
13 new species. He is now proceeding to write full descriptions 
of all species. The whole when completed will be the first 
satisfactory and cornprehenisve account of this most important 
group of plants in Malaya: 
Mr. Holttum has continued his studies of ferns, and has 
completed descriptions and a key to all Malayan species of the 
genus Asplenium (27 species). He has also studied other species 
of the genus with a view to a more satisfactory classification 
into groups. Mr. Holttum has also started to write a semi-popular 
account of local orchids. 
2. Library . 
Daud and Manikam cleaned 800 books and varnished 34 books^ 
Dr. Purtado has re-arranged most of the books on general botany,, 
horticulture, agriculture and forestry, and has written new cards, 
or altered the old ones to correspond with changes of arrangement. 
The books sent to be bound six months ago have not yet been 
completed. 
3* Labelling and Indexing of Plants . 
The label printers made 75 new painted labels and 206 aluminium 
labels. 51 notice boards were painted white for display of 
notices in Japanese. Some further progress with the index and 
plans of plants has been made, bu1f Mr. Livingston has not much 
time to spare for this purpose. 
4. Potting Yard . 
459 plants were re-potted. 490 new cuttings were planted 
of species needing propagation. 79 plants were sent to the Plant 
House for display, including several of red Anthurium. 26 packets 
of vegetable seeds were planted and 26o seedlings transpl^ted. 
The following plants were sent to the Governor’s House: 23 climb- 
ing plants (12 kinds), 100 mixed foliage plants in pots (some 
from the Plant House), 19 hanging plants, 8 Picus repens. The 
following were sent to Marquis Tokugawa’s house: 2 Rhapls flabelli- 
f ormis , 1 Platycenium, 3 packets seeds and cuttings of 9 kinds of 
flowering plants. The following were supplied for Municipal Roads 
Department: 244 Gannas, 400 bulbs Zephyranthes. 22 packets of 
seeds were given to Dr. Koga to take to Tokyo. 
3* Plant House . 
The pot-plants were maintained as usual. 403 new flowering 
plants were brought from the Chinese Gardener’s nursery to the 
