vegeta'bles 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 - Amid Rockery, swept and weeded as necessary. 
bawn 3 - Part of Oardene Jungle. One wild Cinnamon tree removed, 
being too near Maranta Avenue. 
Lawn T - Orass cutting and weeding. 
Lawns U A 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 La Ivey 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 
thiciiete; the wopk 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 mp. Sato^s house 
dug and manured, including the Ceylon kbony and an intereat- 
iJig fruit tree from L'ew Guinea. One tree of Raderniachera 
amoena, nearly dead, cut down. A new plant of Tecoma ar.gentea 
planted to replace one which has died. 
La^^n Y - Nursery and Vegetable Garden. See sep»^ra^e r^eport. 
Lawn g - Weeding end grass cutting.. <'me new plant of O tophora 
a lata plan ted to replace one which his died. 
Special propagation . 
The collection of hybrid Hlppeastrum seedlings were kept 
under special observation, and those which flowered transplanted 
to a seoarate bed for further selection later. Seedling 
Bougainvilleas planted on lawn 2 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 Gannas to a special nursery in the potting yard, in an 
attempt to grow them free fr^xn 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 Klopeastrums. 
Grafting and budding experiments were suspended owing to 
wet weather. 
9- Vegetable Gardene . 
Many beds v^ere re-conditioned and re-planted with different 
croj^s, viz.:- 
5 beds of each of the following: Teo Chew Ohoy Sfim; 
Sweet Potato, 3 months var. 
3 ” ** ” Long Bean, Kachang Bendi, 
Brinjal, Maize. 
2 " ” ** Cucumber, Keladi (experi- 
mental treatiaent of Builders 
Lime on to acid land) 
1 ” ’* *' Oolaus tuberosus, Indian 
Millet, Capsicum A Water Melon 
vars. 
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 Grntoxylon 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 crop« unproductive. 
