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(dam bate and office bate koadr-;), and the Malay women in the 
veg e table g f * r e n 3 a 11 d ha nd s t an d a re a . e h i e 1 I y w e e d ing beds. 
Five old men were also e ngaged to help in sweeping, weeding' and 
ws: t er 1 no* a nr other similar work. 
’ supply of p&trol wps obtained and the two Dennis To tor 
ho we es were urea to cut grass or. lawns A * 3, a, J , A, -V and 
X. 7 he small Xnnsome's mowe v was out of order and undo :-gn5 ng 
re vn ra. 
Island in Lake# ;v dead -an Janus was cut down and self- 
2 'ji-oited hushes of seva^sl soveiog removed. 
till t ■’ ■■■ Lous young plants on lawns J , 
X , d and B. 
Th unbergia c limbar- smothering trees along the Oluny Hoad 
boon ;pry tv as eu + back. 
d. few planting. 
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one read Ouprensus on lawn D was replaced with a new plan* 
oi v up r e s 3 as o b t us a va n . aquarr osa . hew plants of* Prumnopitys 
e l egant? and Pod o ca r pus sp. we pcs also planted, or- Irwn L, and a 
plant of the recently selected bougainvillea seedling no, 2 
added t 1 the Bougainvillea collection on lawn 3. n lawn D beds 
were prepared for planting Cocoa and Coffee bum ea. On the 
bar dr 1 / and hill /.' demi pi >nt,. o i Coy i.toi- tegie . . *e Is ia and 
Puranta were replaced 9 and also two new ixouga x ■ • ilea seedlings 
were planted. 
1 0 . Veg ejfca 1 ; it ia r te n s _ (rejr > rt by > if, Lange ) . 
Many beds were re-conditioned for the recent on of the 
roil o” 1 n 4 c r op a ; - 
6 bed '- Long Bean and Brinjal;.- 
dW'-et Potst >, 
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Bandy and Lnyan; 
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Tie harvest *.vav reduced considerably as the best part of 
tv vegetable nursery is now* utilised for grovi ng crops which 
do no* require particular attention (Sweet “p’h/to. Tapioca and 
leladi) and beer use of the recent reduction’ of skill* l labour. 
In lawn : the Banana iarea . was recultivated and renanu red 
according to the quarter yes r ’ 3 system. 
Boros large Angsana cuttings had their roots and crowns 
pruned In oraer facilitate removal in f he near future. 
In lawns P and Y some verctHblee established from Japanese 
seeds w* re harvested. These particular strains appear to grow 
well m cr Iocs l cor.Gl • ions. 
In lawn Y an experiment on Sweet Potato, arranged h, Pr, 
j ..onov , a 8 te v : . vi n a tc d an d some n«>t e . r • r * a c r ' ct , 
11. beat!' of One’ 1 .arv 
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WorQ\ u 11 Gardener. 
Che 1 i..arzu.h, who h a been absent frpr.i ork on sick leave 
for more than a month, died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 30 th 
nag jet. ho hod ±7 years’ service, au baWl-printt. r , Bub -overs 
L v. aft 
ana lore, lan-Gardene] , Mid was a very reliable and useful man. 
L <- had o Large oi the Lotting Yard Ri a oi propagation generally, 
on*i hud a very ext^j^f u rniowle^y; oi the plants iu the earuens 
The llict that vve have lost few Kinds of plants from the b-ardens 
during the last 18 Months is \ n r^c iy due to his core in u lh- 
t a i n a n r. s t o c ; 0 . Q ~ , , / 
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