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Lawn L - Grass cutting and weeding. 
Lawn 11 - Ginger Rockery swept regularly. 
Lawn N - Potting Yard (see e -ate report). 
Lawn 0 - Grass cutting; weeding of paths and beds, and re- 
planting of small flowering plants as required, Many new 
small plants added to the beds above and below the new 
coral wall, some of them already flowering well. Wars - 
cewlcgla cocclnea flowering very well, a new plant added 
near the old one. Two more seedling Bougainvilleas 
flowered for the first time, but. it is too early to say if 
they are worth keeping. 
Lawn Q - Aroid Rockery, swept as required and weeded. 
Lawns P & R - Vegetable gardens and tree nursery (see separate 
reoort ) , 
Lawns 3, U ^ V. - Gardens Jungle. The borders of the Jungle 
on either 3ide of Maranta Avenue cleared of unnecessary 
young trees and other plants and made tidy. A large 
Pygaeum tree which fell near Gluny Road (damaged by shell) 
cut up and cleared away. 
Lawn T - Grass cutting. 
Lawn ,V - Grass cutting. 
Lawn X - Grass cutting and weeding. Some of the Arundina 
orchids re-planted and all manured, also 6 new seedlings 
put out for trial. 
L awn 2 - Grass cutting. 
9. Special propagation . 
The work of selecting Gannas and attempting to grow them 
free from disease continued, and it ie hoped that two of the 
Gardens beds are now in satisfactory condition. A new approach 
to the problem has been made by planting seeds of 12 of the 
beat varieties, which can be planted in disease-free ground; 
some of them nay also be tried for disease resistance. This 
will not result in the raa intermnce of the old varieties of 
Gannas, but may produce some useful new ones. During the dry 
weather, Mr. Alphonso spent pome time pollinating a number of 
Bougainvillea flowers, especially the variety Louis Wethen, 
which has never produced seeds. The dry weather is the only 
season when sreds are normally produced. This is the first time 
artificial pollination of Bougainvilleas has been carried out 
in the Gardena, previous seeds being from chance natural 
pollination. 
10. Vegetable Gardens . 
18 beds wei'e re-conditi oned and planted with different 
crops. Nothing special was done this month; general routine 
arid maintenance wo r& were carried out as usual. 
Her vesting was more favourable than the preceding rainy 
month. 2 bunches of Bananas were harvested. There is a notable 
decrease in ripe Papayas. 
In lawn R 15 Citrus sp. plants were planted. In vacant 
beds the following plants were planted; - 
22 Sapium jamaicense 
12 Lagers troemj a Loudonii 
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