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Monthly Report for February. 2605. 
1. Herbari um. 
Che* Mohd. Nur re-arranged 3518 sheets of Melastomaceae , 
and made 139 small envelopes for mounting loose flowers etc. 
He also laid into the herbarium 134 newly mounted specir^ene. 
Che 1 Kioh mounted 179 sheets and examined the material preserved 
in alcohol of 134 newly mounted specimens. 73 specimens were 
identified for Japanese officials. 
2. Library . 
Laud and Manikam cleaned 867 books, stamped and labelled 
booi:a recently bound, and varnished 3 books. 
3 . Dr, Furtauo T 3 botanical work . 
Dr. Furtado continued his work on the rattans of the genua 
Calamus native in Malei, and by the end of the month had com- 
pleted descriptions of 48 species and varieties. The Artist 
has spent a little tine making drawings of the new species; 
much more of this work needs to be done, and is essential if 
the best results of Dr. Furtado* s work are to be realized. 
4. Mr. Holttum t s botanical work . 
Mr. Holttun continued his work on orchids, completing hl*e 
account of the large genus Dendrobium, both as regards native 
and cultivated species. He prepared drawings of about 30 
species and hybrids. The junior Label Printer, Juraimi, also 
assisted in making drawings. Mr. Holttum alBO spent a little 
time continuing his work on ferns, dealing with the genus 
Nephroiepis. 
5. Potting Yard. 
296 plants were potted or re-potted. 110 cuttings were 
made. forests were made of the double pirik Oleander (3) and 
Mi schodon zeylanicum (3)# a species of which only one tree 
exists in the Cardens. Seeds were planted of 6 kinds of Gannas 
and 7 kinds of Brinjals, and 96 of the seedlings transplanted, 
37 palms and other plants were sent to the Plant House. 74 
foliage plants of various kinds, selected by Mr. Satow, were 
sent to Government House, and 74 plants returned from Govern- 
ment House for re-potting. One large Gramma to phyllum orchid 
was Bent to Government House. 2 palms and 4 Begonias were Be -t 
to the Museum. 
6. Plant House . 
327 flowering plants were brought for display on the steps 
from the Chinese gardener* a nursery, and 291 old plants returned. 
4 plants of Arachnls Lowii ( a large orchid ) were planted in 
the border of the small plant house. Routine manuring and top- 
dressing of pot plants continued, A beginning was made with 
renewing the attaps on the roofs of the two ends of the Plant 
House. 
7. Orchids . 
The usual display of orchids was maintained in the Plant 
House. Golden arum Stamford ianum (from ’Vest Indies) flowered for 
the first time; this should be a useful speciee in Malai, New 
hybrid seeds of 12 kinds were planted in sterile flasks; three 
of these were Spathoglott is hybrids of the second or third 
generation and are mostly sterile. Of the others, the most 
