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deteriorated owing lo the high rise in the cost of living, and now that the 
supply of bread has been stopped they will feel the pinch all the more, 
specially those persons who have a large number - gjf, ra^ra fo &c g d£t=-t*e family 
who are not able to work ana thus contribute towards the reduction of the 
family expenses, it is with this view in mind that the Department is 
doing its best to assist its staff by ex to ding the plots under tapioca 
and vegetables and paving something extra t ■> those who have large families. . 
10. Potting Yard : General maintenance and o .tine were carried on as usual. 
Seeds sown:- Gannabi s sativa 
Cuttings taken:- Oleander (pink) , Petrea rugoaa , Gallistemon 
phoenicetls, Ouppressun pisifera var s maroaa , 
Guppressus seirg ervivens car pyramids li q , Plumbago 
rosea, Bru.felsia undulata, Plumbago oapensis, 
Rho&oden ...ran ir.uicui'a. 
Plants pottedi- Verbena ten^ra, hibiscus Los. 74, 7& & 03, i&Laeia 
guineeasiL, ^rxeuxoaea rotundata. 
In tiie Glass house propagation or begonia® was continued, and most of 
the maiden hair ferns were supplies. wi th bone meal fertiliser. 
about a ao&en aerial orchids were furnished with fern roots. Also two 
Lycopodiums from the Plant House. S 
.w few attempts at crossing- Gannas were tried. Rive lots of Hibiscus 
were pl ritedif+t the nursery. Grafts of Rhododendron hybrid on to Rhododendron 
im iiouni were^ attempted. 
11. Orchids : Maintenance of orchid seedlings end older plants continued 
usual. The young seedlings are kept in flasks as long as possible, so 
that they may be safer for transplanting. Pew new seeds were planted. 
The Dendrobiim plants repotted some months ago are now wtll grown and some 
are flowering. More have been repotted during the month. 
D) Mr. HOLCTfti’a BOTANICAL WORK 
Mr. HOIA'IIJM completed his account of the Malayan Grarcineae (grasses; 
by preparing deacri tione of the bamboos. The bamboos in cultivation in 
the Gardens were very useful in this work. The plan and list of cultivated 
bamboos v/ere checked and some wrong identifications corrected. Tnere are 
now about thirty species of bamboos in the Gardens, including three from 
Taiwan which are growing very vigorously. Towards the end of the month, 
Mr. hoLTTDl) began a study of the family Cype races e. 
0) fir. OOKIIKK’S BQTAMlUAL WORK : -es 
Mr. Caiuf & nearly completed his research/on the seed and flo er 
of the Le urninosae, L articularly the Gaesalpinioideae. He also studied 
the fruits and seeds of several dyrlsticaceae , Gonnaraceae and Sfceruliaceae 
and mad© detailed drawing® and paintings of their structure. He has 
prepared a draft of the first volume of a v^ork on the primitive fruit of 
the Anglo sperm®, which deals entirely with the Leguminosae. 
