SYONAN BOTANICAL PARPENS 
ifonthly report for April 2605 
A) Dr, Purtado* s REPORT 
1* A^fll hAstrative & Technical staff ; There was no change in the administra- 
tive or technical staff of the Department. 
Mr, ^speckerraan and Mr, Boaainis were 611 with malaria, the former for 11 
day a and the latter for 10 days, 
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2* Herbarium . OIIE *UR rearrange 6926 herbarium specimens belonging to Cypera* 
ceae and Oramineae. He also incorporated in the general herbarium the Hong K 
Kong specimens of these two farailies. 
Uhe K.IAH was busy collecting mostly seeds of economic plants, living spe- 
cimen. for demonstration and preparing seed packages for distribution. 
In all 165 specimens were identified for Nipponese Officials who wanted 
to learneither the local edible weeds or the local rneuicinal plants. There 
«>as also a request to be shown the the most >oisonous plants available in t 
the locality. 
3. Library: The books sere cleaned by Messes. BdMkMiS, JURAIMI , KSPBCKK& .AN 
BAaURj., and the two attendants. Rats had come to the library to make nests 
and were trapped .nd killed, Nodamage was done to the books, but some 
newspapers wrappings were bitten off in order to make nests, 
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*+• , £.9.S£. s t Reserves: The two reserves were maintained as usual, Che NGADBUH 
making regular visits to both these areas. 
5. oultana ; hq a part of the area is being handed to the Bata 4 the economic 
plants in the area are being transferred to another one. All seeds were sown 
in lo beds with Ihgofera. 6 beds with Andrographis, nearly 50 small beds with 
kioinus( castor Oil plant)/ -2 beds of Lemon grasB. 
^ e Plot s : The vegetable plots were maintained as usual , firstly w 
-ltd the purpose of growing the seeds of common, easily growing vegetables a 
and secondly v^ith the purpose of supplying vegetables to the staff, both the 
Romusyas and others, 
.about 6 katies of leafyvegetables and 10 katies of Tapioca were supplied 
free of cost to all the Romusyas and others. 
7, Labourers: ^he health of the Romusyas was on the whole good. On Tent^o 
betsu day(29vh) the entire staff both male and female were provided,gratis 
with two packets of Kooa cigarettes, 1 cake of soap. 
8. General ^ork: Motor Mowers worked in Lawns D,E,o ,0 ,X <fc A and babats 
and scythes were worked in Lawn 0, (bandstand), W and near the office. 
The drains near the office and bandstand were cleaned and weeded, and the 
Plants in Lawns B,£>,X and 0 were weeded and manured with compost. 
fhe plants in the plant and the Orchid Houses and near the office were 
changed from time to time. 
The at tap roofs of some houses in Tyresall(Hultana) and some roofs of the 
clericle quarters were repaid t>y the Gardens 1 carpenters assisted by the 
coolies. 
The trees or branches broken down during the heavy Bhowers were cut off 
and the wood distributed to staff for fuel. 
Many trees had to be pruned either because the branches obstructed the 
trafiic of because theyawere a danger to the telephone wires or to the plant 
houses. 
distribution of Seeds and Plants ; The seeds of the coi’inonest vegetables as 
Basella, Erectitites, Talinum, Bayaras ,Celosia and Cosrioa we re distributed to 
the local Public and more specially to the Nipponese filitary or Naval Officers, 
buttings of Tapioca were supplied to some schools. Seeds of Androgaphis, Datura 
Erythroxylon coca were supplied to some military, and so also some cuttings 
of Strophanthus gratis and Orthosiphon etamineus. 
1°* Potting Yard : General maintenance and routine continued as usual. 
Guttings taken -- Poinsettia v dwarf ) , Russelia ,Dalbergia Dalbergioides 
v Brunfelsia umfalais, Petrie rugosa. 
Plants potted; — Mucuua sp. Rhododendron Inlicum, Hibxscus(l5kinds ) 
P-:' 3 Polcienia Kodginaii. 
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