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6. Plant House . 
The pot plants were maintained as usual, routine manuring 
continuing as in former months; the ferns have made particularly 
good new growth. 2h~ 7 ' new flowering plants were displayed on 
the s^eps, from the Chinese gardener 1 s nursery, and 19V old 
plants returned. 
7. Orchids . 
27- new pollinations were made during the month. Of these, 
7/ failed; a proportion of + he others will or oh ah ly he sterile, 
hut it is hoped that some useful seeds will result from the 
remainder. Seeds from 1 CL fruit s^ were sown during the month; 
several were sterile, hut one cross between the genera Spathog- 
lottis and Calanthe gave good germination, ^his is of great 
interest, as hybrid between these genera has yet been reported. 
Other new seeds sown are Dendrobium veratri folium x stratiotes, 
Arachnis Maggie Oei x Tenant her a monachica and Arachnis Ishbel x 
Renanthera Storiei. An Aranda-Arachnis cross may have a few 
good seeds. A seedling of Arachnis Maingayi x Kookeriana 
flowered for the first time, hut is not so good as former seed- 
lings of the same stock. Many Dendrobium and Cattleya plant 3 
were re-potted. Among the local orchids, many were re-cond it ioned, 
and several flowered; they were of considerable assistance to 
Mr. Holtturn .in his studies. 
8. Work in the Cardens. 
Ceneral . The weather was dry from the 7th onwards. This 
caused flowering of many plants, and others are in hud. It also 
meant more work in watering pot xjlants, and this was increased 
by the failure of the pumping-engine , which was taken to the 
Transport Centre for repair on the 13th and not returned by the 
end of the month. Men had to be employed nearly every day 
carrying water from the lake to the plant-houses and vegetable 
garden. 
Lawn A - Crass cutting and weeding. 
Lawn B Crass cutting and weeding; large bed of Barleria and 
Caesalpinia pruned, and gaps in Caesalpinia filled with 
new plants. 
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Lawn C - Crass cutting and W/eeding. 
Lawn D - Crass cutting and weeding. Many young trees dug and 
manured. One dead palm ( Cocos plumosa ) and one poor 
Llvistona chinensls removed and new beds dug for increase 
in the collection of conifers. Piptadenia corymbose (grown 
from seeds from Argentina) flowered and fruited for first 
time in the Cardens. Calpurnia sylvatica (from S. Africa) 
flowered for the first time in the Cardens. 
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Lawn M - Crass cutting and i airing. Brya ebenus flowering for 
first time (from West Indies). Several young trees dug and 
manured. 
Lawn F - Crass cutting. Dead Hymenaea tree cut down, but not 
all sawn up (a very big tree). 
Lawn C - Dell rockery, swept and tidied regularly. 13 new ferns, 
Begonias, Caladium and Ixoras planted in part of the rockery. 
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Lawn H - Crass cutting and weeding. 
Lawn J - Crass cutting and weeding. 
Lawn K - Crass cutting and weeding. 
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