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Monthly Report for DecemLer, 2602, 
!• Herbarium ^ 
Che’ Mohamed Nnr re-arranged 3451 specimens of the follow- 
ing families; Legnminosae, Rosaceae, Saxifragaceae , Crassulaceae , 
Broseraceae , Hamamelidaceae , Rhizophoraceae and Combretaceae. 
Kiah mounted 169 specimens and dried 37 specimens. 
Five Nii^ponese officials came to consult the herbarium, 
concerning fibre plants, chiefly Ramie. 
Dr. Purtado continued his work on Calamus. He revised the 
specific keys of 3 sections and prepared descriptions of 18 
sped es . 
Dr. Purtado conducted 6 Nipponese officials round the 
Cardens, most of them being pharmacists, interested in medicinal 
plants, and one interested in plants yielding perfumes. 
Dr. Purtado also dealt with purchase and distribution of 
rice, sugar and salt to the Cardens employees, with assistance 
from Mr. Abdul Wahab. 
2. Library . 
1026 books were cleaned and 4 books varnished. Dr. 
Purtado re-arranged some books and changed the index cards 
accordingly. 
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3*. Labelling of Plants . 
.55 new painted labels were made, and 6 sign-boards for 
Bukit Timah Forest Reserve. 45 labels were also re-painted. 
87 aluminium labels were made. 
4. Potting Yard . 
421 plants were potted or re-potted. 549 cuttings were mads 
of plants needing propagation, 4 new marcots were made, 2 of 
a new seedling Bougainvillea and 2 of Cambier, which it is 
intended to plant on lawn J. 28 new hanging bapket plants were 
prepared, 14 of these being large plants in large new baskets 
made from tembusu wood cut from trees in the Cardens. Seeds 
were sown of Hydnocarpus anthelmintica (used against leprosy), 
Bentinckia nicobarica (palm) and Cassia didymobotrya (new 
f 1 ower i ng sh rub ) , 527 vegetable seedlings, chiefly Brinjala, 
were re-potted, 158 new plants (including 20 in hanging baskets) 
were sent to the plant-house for display and 40 plants returned 
from plant-house to potting yard for re-po+ting. The following 
plants were supplied: - 
for Covernment- House 
for Marquis Tokugawa 
for Military purposes 
at request of 
Mr. Satow 
1 large Platycerium fern 
2 Asplenium fern 
12 ” basket plants (6 kinds) 
2 Asplenium ferns In baskets 
5 Royal Palms 
6 Royal Palms 
2 Casuarina 
1 Ravenala (Traveller’s tree) 
5- Plant House. 
332 new flowering plants were arranged for display on the 
