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month; two or three of these nre pr obably not fertile. The 
/ , beat of these hybrid's r re probably Arachnia flos aeris-Hookeriuna 
x Renan there Storiei and with Vanda Dearei. Some others are 
between mall -flowered ftendrobiums , raised for their botanical 
interest. 
15 new pollinations were carried out. Several of these 
were with ^richoglottio luzonensis and T. phillppinensis ♦ which 
flower- rarely but have good and unusual colour combinational 
they appear to cross freely with Araohnis and Vandopsis. 
Ruu tine laboratory work of transplanting continued, as far 
as tht. supply of flasks pern i 4 ted, and 5 batches of seedlings 
were transferred from flasks to ‘pots. 
Three 
Vanda seedlings flowered for the 
firs 
t 
time but did 
not prove of great interest, 
8. General Work in the Gardens. 
dawns A A B - Weeding of Canna and other beds and general 
tick ing of taiu area wad continued. Two lead Sago palms 
trunks were failed and. removed. 
Lawn D. - A dead Cupressus wee removed end a new plant put out. 
Several young plants were given fertiliser. 
Lawn H - The paths round and through this lawn, including the 
Lakeside path, were weeded, and the drains beside them 
also. 
L awn 0 - The flower beds and borders were maintained as usual. 
Two new Bougainvillea seedlings we^e planted for trial. 
j >s w i a 7 - The Sun Rockery, which hod become much oversown with 
gras 3 and weeds, vas thoroughly cleaned. 
General. 
8 gallons of pc * ml was obtained for motor mowers, and 
the grass cut on lawns B t* id <A 0; but tnie barely dealt with 
arrears of work. The reduction in labour staff from the 24th 
lef* several areas without men to cut them and. unless a regular 
nuopiy of petrol is obtained and also Bone more grass-cutting 
coolies, the grass in the Gardens cannot be maintained satis- 
factorily. he longer the grass is left unbended, the worse 
will become the situation, 99 motor mowers cannot cut long gras3. 
9 . Ve getable Gardens (report by -r, Lange) . 
1/ be da were re -conditioned xor the reception of various 
vegetable crops. Throughout the month general routine work 
and maintenance -.vas perfo 1* The harvest continued 
to be satisfactory. 6 bunches of bananas w^re cropped. 
In lawn P several varieties ol Citrus are fruiting, but the 
1 t a lien and Tahiti limes which flowered for a short duration didl 
not set fruit. The 6 varieties of herbaceous cotton from the 
Philippines Islands arv yielding a satisfactory amount or raw 
cot-t on . The state of weather was 3 u 1 **ab ly d ry f nr the r ip en i ng 
of rods. , * 
It is now possible to select end eliminate unsuccessful 
v-g tablv crops for local conditions from the experimental trial 
on imported Japanese 3eeds, but it is not yet known whether 
the successful crops will flower end seed under local conditions. 
It is desirable to propagate these vegetables so far as possible 
and thereby eliminate dependence on import from Jemen for good 
strains of vegetable seeds. 
