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6. Potting Yard . 
393 plants were re-po+ted; also 38 Bougainvillea seedlings, 
16 Ganna seedlings and 23 Musa seedlings (Pisang Biji). 484 
cuttings were planted and 3 marcots made. 13 Begonia plants 
were sent to the Plant House. 6 palms of Licuale grand is were 
sent to Government House. 
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7 . Plant House . 
297 new flowering plants from the Chinese Gardener’s nursery 
were placed on the steps, and 340 oLd plants removed. Several 
new Rhododendron seedlings and 3 more Arachnis Lowii were planted 
in prepared places in the border round the small Plant House, 
64 plants (chiefly palms) were lent for decoration of the Town 
Kail on the 4th of April. 
8. orchius . 
The new hybrids flowered during the month, namely V; nda 
Pearei x Vanda Miae Joa quint, and Vanda Hookeriana x Aerides 
odoratum. Both are interesting, though not of great value 
decoratively; they may however be very useful for further breed- 
ing, especially the second. 
46 new pollinations were node during the month. 6 fruits 
ripened during the month and seeds were sown, but the majority 
were not fertile. One Spidendrura hybrid only gave good gemi- 
nation. Several flasks of seedlings were planted out into pots. 
The local orchids in the Porting Yard and Plant Houses 
continued to receive attention and -were useful to Mr. Kolttum 
in his work on this family. 
9* General Work in the Gardens. 
Rote. An average of 8 men per working day were taken for 
work at the M^Beurn. In addition, a considerable amount of work 
was done in Tyersall Estate, repairing huts be used and 
stacking material from demolished huts. Consequently the amount 
of labour available for work in the Gardens, apart, from grass- 
cutting and the special work of vegetables, potting yard, plant 
houses, and nurseries, has been very limited, and very little 
work has been done. 
L awn A - Grass cut. Ganna beds weeded once. 84 Canna seedlings 
planted as an e7-pcrif uent in the large bed. 
Lawn B - Grass cut. Ganna bads weeded once. Brains by Main 
Gate Road cleaned. One Canna bed re-planted after 
burning. 
ijawn G - Grass cut. 
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Lawn D - Grass cut. Weeding, cultivation and manuring of Hibiscus 
beds completed. Other beds near office weeded. 
Lawns ft to K - Grass cut. The Dell (G) swept and made tidy once 
a week. 
Lawn L - Grass cut. Thicket of ferns cleared. Lodoicea pains 
weeded and manured, and also two young trees. 
Lawns M fr N - Plant Houses and Pot+ing Yard. 
Lawn 0 - Grass cut. Beds and borders maintained as usual. Gaps 
in the new dwarf hedge round the bandstand filled by 
new planting. Gladiolus bulbs planted in 3 beds, after 
being rested, ^he Lagerstroemia tree which flowered in 
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