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vegetalDles are being planted in this area, which is to be 
a nursery for trees of special use or interest. Planting 
of tree seedlings was begun near the end of the month. 
Lawn Q - Aroid Rockery, swept and weeded as necessary-i 
Lawn S - Part of Crardens Jungle. One wild Cinnamon tree removed, 
' being too near Maranta Avenue. 
Lawn T - Grass cutting and weeding. 
Lawns U V - Gardens Jungle. Some climbers smothering trees 
on the jungle edge cut back. Some plants of dwarf wild pepper 
planted on the banks by edge of jungle and Dalvey Gate Road, 
to prevent soil wash. 
Lawn W - Grass cutting. Much time spent in digging palms 
throughout this lawn, and cleaning up the bottoms of rattan 
thickets; the work just finished at the end of the month. 
Lawn X - Grass cutting and weeding. The Sun Rockery weeded twice. 
A few trees near the corner of the drive to Mr. Sato s house 
dug and manured, including the Ceylon Kbony and an interest- 
ing fruit tree from New Guinea. One^ tree of Raderm achera 
amoena , nearly dead, cut down. A new plant of Tecoma argentea 
planted to replace one which has died. 
Lawn Y - Nursery and Vegetable Garden. See separate report. 
Lawn Z - Weeding and grass cutting. One new plant of Otophora 
alata planted to replace one which has died. 
8. Special propagation . 
The collection of hybrid Hippeastrum seedlings were kept 
under special observation, and those which flowered transplanted 
to a separate bed for further selection later. Seedling 
Bougainvilleas planted on lawn Z made good growth, and were 
pruned. Another hybrid Bougainvillea on lawn 0 flowered for the 
first time and is promising, a rich purple. The work on trans- 
planting Cannas to a special nursery in the potting yard, in an 
attempt to grow them free from disease, was continued, and is 
giving promising results. Plants believed to be free of disease 
were planted out in the new beds on lawn Z, with the Kippeastrums 
Grafting and budding experimients were suspended owing to 
wet weather. 
9* Vegetable Gardens . 
Many beds were re— conditioned and re— planted with different 
crops, viz.:- 
5 beds of each of the following: Teo Chew Choy Sam; 
Sweet Potato, 3 months var. 
^ (t tr H tt tt Long Bean, Kachang Bendi, 
Brinjal, Maize. 
2 »» ♦♦ ** Cucumber, Keladl (experi- 
mental treatment of Builders 
Lime on to acid land) 
T ti If If t» t» ** Coleus tuberosus, Indian 
Millet, Capsicum Sz Water Melon 
vara. 
Two Italian Lime and 2 unidentified Citrus trees were 
planted in lawn R. In lawn R 4 vacant vegetable beds were 
re-planted with 42 Casuarina sumatrana, 24 Cratoxylon formosum 
and 20 Millettia atropurpurea. In lawn R it is desired to change 
gradually the vegetable plots for a tree-nursery as the beds 
become vacant or existing crops unproductive. 
