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iT, Alphoneo continued to record the varieties of 
Plumeria in the ^rduiiG and prepared tie script! one of two 
d.rin .** the month; he also continued with hi ■ records of Hibiscus* 
. ;r. Hoi It urn* s botanical .vor;t. 
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i* r, rolttum continued hie study of • alayan orclidn. He 
Oomoi ?ted his account of the large v on dn-Arachnic grouj t ■ ; th 
*reys +r > the genera , end revised hie earlier* incomplete account 
of + he Ooc logy fie Troup, h? also studied the genera ierostyli© 
h t vC; Liparis, o rep a ring deucri . t i one. of all species, and keys; 
t h i u i o n o t y e t f u 1 ly w ri + + o n 1 20 , A few n ew <1 rs w 1 n g b v e r c i b f i e 
from plants which flowered during + he non *h , and a few copies 
of drawings in the Gardens coll cot ion. 
4 . r r. Corner’s botanical work* 
!!r. Corner con+inurd his researches on Malayan fungi and 
• we most of his t ime to the c oriole* ion of lieroscopic drawings 
me assisted nr*. Koriba in general botanical work and in the 
I preparation of planting-thatcrial. Ip also p«« ^ red material 
I — ^ or. wild fruits ar?d agricultural plants for the .• 'a routs ,,T okup 0 
5. fott 1 nj? jfarrt. 
; - u r * i n • r C h e f m a r z u k i 1 s ab senes, r ' r , \ 1 pi \ on s n v n s if' charge , 
w: th a reduced, staff of 3 ten# A consigrtnen* * ‘ o^eds. cut - 
t ,: rr y ‘? , --n d ^bm Pr^of ‘*»eo;cinnl o lr mtq >u* > f "rom in.'; ng 
\\ Che ’ mi oh and potted. Cutting? mere 0 - e ~~ b- l. ~»i.ou s GarlTaria 
pI;U! f ml ™h Lch __ t he t, ock n cedsrep 1 en i -• hi ng , irclu lt<% s om e 
01 tie hegonii s auc me pen thee . feeds of (Jossypiun and Hibiscus 
hybri is .very pla ted; . p,;jo a ye is of the 7 est Indian . ; oap- be ig y 
olbyf aus q.' -jq. .rite) , f jfc oc Oil .-‘mlm. ‘ 
Pai naettia w ere proungs ted or^buar'ing evoeriments. 
if .._*lpriba oi’ql, ;ht ee- da o* -/lot or in xmmia rro- , Java ; 
tlieu j were pif ..tea. <«-a r t 1 „ i a the imric *u, pu.rt ly ii. 
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3ceds of vari ous plants , gnd water-li li as f were supplied 
to -Japanese officers, also 11 rains, 3 ocronias. 1 Gasuarina 
sumatrana and i baesalpinin ferrea. 1 plert of ilacocarpue 
gnriitrua won supplied for Government ruse. 
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The plants in the House were maintained as usual. oikI the 
flowering plan+o on the ntepr. changed weekly. In the border 
of the small plant -ho use two more Per.i.aferia orchids and one 
Vanil la plant were planted. 
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The vork on orchid seedlings was carried on as us uni by 
ur. ilvlrigu + on. 12 now k'rdn seeds were cov.t In flssks, 
h nr m r»y « cen 1 h ngs t r *n nop 1 nn 4 ed . lovc^n 1 new, poll! nn tions 
* ere made during + he month, ■ ont o^ tharn of an experimental 
nature, bo new hybrid fiowergd cur’ng + he non + v . At + he orchid 
nursery, ■ several benches were renewed ^i+h wood »uif bricks 
from y- rsall. The usual diepluy of flowering plwitt was main- 
t inod in the sm ill plant -house, 
8, H en t rn 1 work in the Gardens . 
p.ving to reduction of utaff, only essential work was 
,*iU Out. 4 Indian w )i Jen nnci 9 ii«lay Cornell were engaged 
for wce^i.'ig a*. .* owedping; the Iruiian wornex: were employee- ii.. 
vvecumg drums and n : 11 this sou v He rn n:;rt 01. the Jarlenr- 
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