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* i* Lawns A & £ - Several beds were weeded, and all Canna beds 
cleaned of dead flowers. 
lawn £ - All beds near the Office, including the Hibiscus beds, 
were weeded* and fertilizer added. Some new Pentas plants 
were planted to fill up the ground under the tall Tccoma 
shrubs in front of the Office. 
lawn >1 - Thv, sun rockery was thoroughly weeded and the small 
shrubby plants which had grown too bushy pruned. The 
larger succulents are making very good growth. 
Lawn J - All beds^were weeded and a dressing of compost added. 
Lawn IT - A large Shores tree near the entrance to the Potting 
Yard had nnny small dead branches in the crown, and it 
was thought safer to prune the crown entirely, to prevent 
possible danger of the tree falling over C'luny Hoad. This 
work took a gang of men a week to complete. Some Nibong 
poles were also felled, and used in making stakes for the 
climbing orchids. 
Lawn Q - Three new seedling Oleanders were planted as a trial. 
A new bed was dug for the la rge~f lowered white Crinum, of 
which we now have many plants. All flower beds and 
borders were weeded and manured. The gravel paths on the 
sun-dial terrace were weeded, and the paved paths planted 
at the edges with Alternanthera . A new ^luneria ( P. obtuaa , 
snail variety) was planted. 
L awn Y - A large bamboo overhanging Tyersall Hoad was pruned. 
9. V egetable G-ardena (report by iir, Lange) . 
The following beds were prepared and planted; - 
6 beds of Long Bean, Brinjal, Bendi 
k " " Maize, Cucumber, Bayam 
3 " " Brass ice, Sweet Potato 
2 " * Indian Lettuce, Kangkong 
, 1 bed of Chilli. 
• The harvest web bat is factory; 3 bunches of Bananas and 
51 Papayas we e cropped. 
9 gallons of Tobacco infusion and 3 gallons Kerosene 
emulsion (stock solution) wa3 prepared to combat plant pests. 
2 large heaps of compost was made. 
A further 2 varieties of Sweet Potato have been found and 
added to the collection. 
12 new kinds of vegetable crops have been established 
from seeds received by Dr, Koriba from Japan. The viability 
of seeds was good. Records for each particular crop are 
being kept in order to study its adaptability to local conditions. 
More are to be planted. 
Pew of the seeds from the cross Hibiscus man i hot x 
Hibiscus esculent, us germinated. The few young seedlings 
succumbed to "damping off disease". However good results have 
been obtained from Hibiscus mutabilis x Hibiscus radiatus. 
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