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Drains were needed beside Lower King, Upper Ring and. Main Gate 
Roads • 
Fallen Trees - A Jirin- tree in tfaranta Avenue, a Pygaeum 
tree in "Liana Ml and a Casianopsia tree on the Bandstand Hill which 
had fallen were cut up and removed • 
Sweeping wks carried out a 3 usual • Lead palm weaves were 
removed for "burning, and cut ^rass and fallen leaves *0 the 
vegetable gardens for compost* 0 4 +, 
The beds in L n wna A, B, 0, D, K were weeded and covered with 
compost by the gang of Tamil women under Mr. Kuppusamy, and the 
Ganna beds regularly made tidy by cutting olf flowers, at the end 
of the month the women cleaned the orchid beds at the top oi .awn A, 
which had not received attention for some tine. 
The rocker., in Lawn IS was pruned and weeded, and a plant of 
Strelitzia reginae added. ^ . 
the Bandstand Hill four beds of annual 1 lowering plants 
were replanted, and one double pink oleander planted to replace 
an old one which died. 
Several selected large-flowered Hippeastrura plants flowered, 
end were pollinated, in the hope of raising seedlings. 
2. i-iR. HOLTTU. *3 SOT, . i» I CAL WCBK 
*jr. Holttum continued his study of the order Scitamineae, 
dealing with the families Musaceae, Lowlaceee and Kerantaceae. 
He prepared descriptions of all Known Malayan species ana pertly 
wrote a discussion on tnese families. yivc mere species of the 
family Zingiberaceae flowered in the Gardens during *he month 
and were studied by Mr. Holttum. 
3 • M5. CORHLR ' 3 BO? /.K I CAL 'V'TtK 
I'r. Corner continued his researches on Malayan fungi, and 
assisted Dr. Korlba in his botanical studies in field and 
laboratory. 
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