; 
" . / I, !'• '• . . 
| 
‘ 2 . 
j>©B;dto fcheas labour difficulties, however, attempts are being 
/^fendG to plant u the Sultana grounds *ith the different kinds of 
/ ecoxu»aia plants selected by Dx% tfateaaba wuo will, submit a report on 
tin? plantings separately. For this purpose we have been using *«* 
oart—tii -S workers working on a contract bacia, also som# f unalo 
labor rors recently engaged, and Bale temporary coalmen supplied to us 
from the neighbour i*v * gardens# A ncr?; gate has been opened up and a 
provisional road was mailed# 
Durin ’ tlvls nonth • oil, bran and charcoal wore bought a*-d diet*.-.** 
buted for the staff, Che Ahnat assisting me Iri this distributioiu 
2 • ME* Holttunla, 
Mr, Ho It tun continued, work on his book deal lug with Malian Oioiilds# 
Tiiia work* begun a year ago, is now nearing completion. All native 
Malayan orchids have now been studied, so far so specimens available 
pornit; the total number is 767. Ascriptions of ©11 those have been 
typed out* with keys to all genera. During the aionth Mr# AOlttua 
revised and added to r. general introduction to the book* oo-ipi^ea a ^ 
general kSy to all Halaynn Orchids, made various corxections ^Previous 
work, aiid uade several re?/ drawings . Further accounts at cuio.ivation 
mid the raising of aeodlings have still to be written, and many ^ore 
drawings are needed to illustrate the work fully. 
3. jfr* Corner* a r 
Hr. Corner conroenocd tine preparation of a list at wild and 
cultivated plants on Syonan Island. He continued his researches on 
Mrlayln funji and completed a large wwtoer of tacpoacopioal cU «rtnfcj. 
Hr also assisted Dr. Xoriba in hie studio. of ***%“ 
collection oi* seeds anti planting material and in tha cm trol ol the 
Forest Kcaervos under the Botanical Garden. 
4 . Orchids 
Two new hybrid seedlings flowered during the month. Vanda Miss 
joaouto X^aeSilea (fifth seedling of this cross, a good one, to he 
nro )a^atcd): Vanda syathulata X Arachnis Hooker x ana (ratliei 
yellow flowers, to he need for further •brooding). Afcw new pollination. 
Sere made, owing to the flowering 01 species and hy^id* which flower 
mT-oiv those used were Vanda tricolor var. purpurea, Vanda ^>.»t»ralat« X 
Arachnis Hookorlsna, Arachnis liolngeyi X Vanda tricolor, an, j. l ivalaenop 
vlolaoea X Anabilis. Four lot. of now seeds were planter ^he 
seedling cultures in flask? were maintained as usual, 
5 . Tjfthelllnz and 
n» <,»■; nsnistol Dr. Xorioa in fixing more Japanese plant label, 
and in coi rSti so^ old ^3. He rrnde 45 mu .tandard labels and 
Sprinted A number of aluminium labels were also made. 
Mr, Lango continued his work on the lawn pinna and Indax-oards, 
working oa Lawn F. 
6 . _ 
tho month^arS^hand-cutt in, r was carried out in various areas »s reporte 
last month. Two Malay women assisted in sweeping eat gross an f< 1~ 
loaves. 
Fallen Trees,. Three trees fell during storms and had tp he 
clonild^aw^rTlischodon seylanioum on Law B, gJJJg^gJJ^SSSw* 
at the back of tho Orinum Led. on Lawn I* ^cs ha a llao to hi 
felled on ?hc edg?Of the' Potting Yard, as they wore overhanging tho 
gloss^hou&cs • 
* it /> 
