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* Vegetable Gardens * 
Many new beds were re-made, some on ground formerly occupied 
by pathways. New planting was 33 follows: - 
the following: Keladi and Sweet Potato. 
” " : Long Bean and Cucumber. 
,f H : Brinjal, Maize and Bayam. 
,f " : Lesser Yam, Bendi and Brassica. 
” : French Bean. 
” M : Momordica and Snake Gourd. 
The harvest continued to be satisfactory; there was a large 
crop of Papayas, and bunches of Bananas were harvested. 
Two heaps of compost were made and 8 gallons stock solution 
Tobacco infusion prepared to combat plant pests in the vegetable 
plots and in the garden. 
Two experiments >n Sweet Potato were started: 
(1) The practice of Sweet Potato planting adopted in Japan 
as against the practice usually adopted by the Botanic Gardens. 
The former was supervised and planted by l>r. Koriba. 
(2) bw^et Potato planting material and cultural treatment as 
in Japan, against planting material and cultural treatment usual 
in the Gardens. Both the beds were treated as they would have 
been in Japan. 
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The above two experiments were conducted with a view of 
finding in;- 
Exper inent (l) - which manual a 1 treatment will give the 
greater yield 
Experiment (2) - which choice of planting material and 
cultural treatment will give the greater 
yield. 
Observations and additional notes have been compiled on experiments 
with r ct Potatoes, Maize and Yam Beans. 
An exp' riment is in progress to discover the incre ase in 
bulk of Yam-boan tubers between the time of first die-back and 
the time of second die-back, all flowers being removed to prevent 
the formation of seeds. I 
There is also an experiment on Keladi China: planting in a 
deep trench as against planting on flat. 
In lawn R where a nursery for interesting trees have been 
established 21 Casuarina aumatrana . 20 Anair a , 6 Podge a rp us and 
6 M illettia were removed by Hr. Satow for planting elsewhere. 
The Da crydiuta elatum and Burkillanthus malaccensia , both 
shade-1 o vi rig plants, were found yellowing. 
Some nitrogenous manuring ami a heavy grass mulch round the 
roots was necessary. 
The Gossypium sp. ( Tree -Got ton) flowered in the middle of 
the month, three months after transplanting from pots. 
Six new varieties of Cotton from the Philippines were intro- 
duced and sown :n boxe3 primarily to discover the vibilit.y and 
percentage of germination of the seeds. The germination percen- 
tage was excellent but after a few days most of the seedlings 
succumbed to a damping off disease, owing to unusually wet weather. 
However, a few plants of each variety are to be retained 
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