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Lawns A & B - Several beds were weeded, and all Canna beds 
cleaned of dead flow*., its. 
Lawn Ij - All beds near the office, including the Hibiscus beds,,... 
were weeded, and fertilizer added. Some new Pent as plants, 
were planted to fill up the ground under toe tall Tecoraa ' 
shrubs in front of the Office. 
La w n b. - The cun rocery was thoroughly weeded and the a lall 
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 comoost added. 
L awn N ~ A large Chorea tree near the entrance to the PottiHfe 
Yard had many small dead branches in the crown, and it 
oas thought safer to prune the crown entirely, to prevent 
possible danger of the tree falling over C'luny Road. This 
work took a gang of men a week to complete. Some Mbong 
poles were also felled, and used in making stakes for the 
climbing orchids. 
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l awn o - Three new seedling Oleanders were planned as a trial. 
"X new bed ;vns dug f >r the large-flovre ~ed whi+e Crlnum, of 
which we now have many plants. All flower beds and 
borders were weeded and manured. The gravel paths on the 
sun-dial terraHce were weeded, and f he paved paths planted 
at the < dgea with ALt.._-riianthera , A new Plumeria ( P. obtusa , 
snail variety) was planted. 
Lawn Y - A large bamboo overhanging Tyeraall Road was pruned, 
9 . Vegetable Gardens (report by Hr. Lange) . 
The following beds were prepared and planted; - 
6 beds of Long Bean, Brinjal, Bendi 
4 w " Maize, Cucumber, Bayam 
3 M ” Brass ica. Sweet Potato 
2 n rt Indian Lettuce, Langkong 
1 bed of Chilli. 
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The harvest was satisfactory: 3 bunches of Bananas and 
31 Papayas we e cropped. 
9 gallons of Tobacco infusion and 3 gallons Kerosene 
emulsion (stock solution) was prepared to combat plant pests. 
2 large heaps of compost was made. 
A further 2 varieties of 3weet Potato have been found and 
added to the collection. 
12 new kinds of vegetable crops have been established 
from seeds received by Dr, Koribs from Japan. The viability 
of the 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 * t he seeds from the cross Hibiscus manihot x 
Hibiscus eseulentus germinated. The few young seedlings 
succumbed to "damping off disease". However good results have 
been obtained from Hibiscus mutabilis x Hibiscus radiatus. 
