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of keys to the species. Mr. Gh«n York Ch/e, the Artist, made 
drawings of 3 species of Calamus. There are a large number more 
tp be done, and it is most desirable that Mr. York Chye should 
have more time for this work, which needs much skill, care and 
knowledge. No other person can do this work. 
7* Potting Yard . 
438 plants were potted or re-ootted. 372 cuttings were made 
for propagation of plants of which the stock is low. About 100 
Canna seedlings and 133 Brinjal seedlings were potted. Seeds were 
sown of Portulaca from Japan (from Dr. Koriba), Aegle marmelos 
(Bel-fruit) from Marquis Tokugawa, and Bougainvillea hybrids 
(63 seeds). 58 foliage plants were sent to the Plant House, and 
53 plants received from the Plant House for re-potting. 11 vege- 
table plants were potted for a demonstration by Mr. 8a tow and 
5 packets of seeds also supplied. The at tap roof of one shed was 
renewed. 
8. Plant House . 
305 new flowering plants from the Chinese Gardener’s nursery 
were displayed on the steps, and 297 old plants returned. In the 
small Plant House the orchids Per i a ter i a elota and Aractinis Lowii 
were plaiited in the ouster border in sheltered places, and some 
more large Begonias also. The usual maintenance of the stock of 
foliage pot-plants continued. The at taps on the roof of both ends 
of the house were renewed! 
9 . J-cn^ral wot k in the Gardens . 
Lawn A - Grass cut, Ganna beds weeded, limed and manured; Crinura 
beds and Hedychium beds also weeded and manured. One Ganna bed 
burnt and re -plan ted. 
Lawn B - Grass cut. Canna beds limed, manured and weeded. The 
two beds which were burnt are in good condition. Clerodendron 
bed near the Main Gate pruned, weeded and manured. Bougain - 
ville a Lord Wlllingdon flowered fully for the first time and 
"HT very 'fine, ' 
Lawn C - Grass cut. A thicket of Resets fern near the Araucarias 
cleared, and new cover planned round them. One new Araucaria 
excelee, propagated from a cutting, planted to fill a gap in 
the row. One Dacrydium elatum and one Talauma Candollei planted. 
The border along the Cluny Road boundary- cleared of some climbing 
plnnte and tree seedlings which were smothering other plants. 
Lawn D - Grass cut. A poorly grown tree of Millingtonia hortensls 
well dug and new drainage made for the roots. Two plants of 
Stachytarpheta mutabllis planted. The Hibiscus beds near the 
Office all weeded and manured. 
Lawn - Grass cut. One young tree of Brownea grandiceps , pink 
variety (of which only one exists in the Gardens)^ planted. The 
Sun Rockery weeded regularly and new plants added. The scarlet 
Zephyranthes cardinalis hybrid has flowered very well. 
Lawn P - Grass cut. An Angsana tree transplanted from the nursery 
on lawn R to ta*:e the place of tne large Hymen a ea which died 
recently. This Angsana tree was raised from a cutting of one 
of the large trees by Anderson Bridge which escaped the disease 
whfch billed many of these trees in the town 20 years ago. 
Lawn G & the Lake . The Dell swept and wweded weekly. The thicket 
of Mon trie ha rdi a (tall Aroid) at the head of the lake cleared, 
and the adjacent bed of the lake dredged of silt which had 
