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Lawn L - Grass cutting and weeding. 
Lamm H - Ginger Rockery swept regularly. 
Lawn N - Potting Yard (see separate report). 
L amm. 0 - Grass cutting; weeding of paths and beds, and re- 
planting of small flowering plants as required. Many new 
small plants added + o the beds above and below the new 
coral wall, some of them already flowering well. ' Wars - 
cewiczia coccinea 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 
report ) . 
Lawns S, U & V . - Gardens Jungle. The borders of the Jungle 
on either side of Maranta Avenue cleared of unnecessary 
young trees and other plants and made tidy. A large 
Pygaeura tree which fell near Cluny Road (damaged by shell) 
cut up and cleared away. 
Lawn T - Grass cutting. 
Lawn W - 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. 
Lawn 7 j - Grass cutting. 
9- Special propagation . 
The work of selecting Gannas and attempting to grow them 
free from disease continued, and it is 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 
best varieties, which can be planted in disease-free ground; 
some of them may also be tried fcr disease resistance. This 
will not result in the maintenance of the old varieties of 
Gannas, but may produce some useful new ones. During the dry 
weather, Mr. Alphonso spent some time pollinating a number of 
Bougainvillea flowers, especially the variety Louis 7a then, 
which has never produced seeds. The dry weather is the only 
season when seeds are normally produced. This is the first time 
artificial pollination of Bougainvilleas has been envied out 
in the Gardens, previous seeds being from chance natural 
pollination . 
10. Vegetable Gardens. 
18 beds were re -condi ti oned and planted with different 
crops. Nothing sx^ecial was done this month; general routine 
and maintenance work were carried out as usual. 
Harvesting 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: - 
2 2 /S ap i urn j ana i c e n s e 
12 Lagers troemia Loudonii 
