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Drains. Women were alloyed to clean and weed drains in various 
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Gardena. 
Lam A. Canna and other beds were weeded twice and dead Canna 
flowers removed. Two young plants of the Interesting Malayan tree 
tJaoicia ornate (collected last May by Dr* Koriba) were planted in the 
wet ground near the hedge. 
Lawn B. Canna and other beds were weeded as on Lawn A. 
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Lawn 1I |T 6 Aoalypha plants in the Aoalypha border were removed* 
Two Plumeria seedlings flowered for the first time, one a very bright 
red colour and worth propagating* 
'ucx vm Is The Hibiscus beds were weeded* 
Lawn 0 t The dward hedge round the bandstand was pruned f and gaps 
filled by new plants | the border all round the bandstand was replanted* 
other be da on Lawn 0 v/ere replanted v/ith Balaam and Oleoma* The small 
plants above the low coral wall were replanted, and a few new ones 
added* Six seedling Jatropha were planted. Another Bougainvillea 
seedling flowered and was discarded* 
The younger palms were needed and fertiliser applied* 
Lawn Z* The Bougainvillea seedlings near the Asst* Director 9 a 
house were pruned and staked* Lone have yet flowered* Borne seedling 
Hiiipeastrum bulbs produced flowers and v/ere transplanted for propagation* 
The roof of the lower glass-house was overhauled and made rain-proof; 
the glass in the top section of the upper house was removed, the timber 
renewed where necessary, and the glass replaced by galvanized iron sheets* 
This work was done by Mr* Chong Poh and Che Harun. Much further work on 
the upper house is necessary to make it rain-proof* At present it is 
unsatisfactory for the smaller orchid seedlings, which have had to be 
removed to the lower house* 
The la ge-flowered Hew Guinea climber i^ou, a Bennettil flowered 
for the second time (first in July) and made a fxne display* It is 
one of the finest flowering climbers in the Gardens* 
The following orchid and aroid plants were supplied for Military 
Headquarters* 
Bpathoglottie plieata 
Arachnis Hookeriana X Vanda suavis 
Bendroblum Pauline 
Anthurlum andraearura 
Aglaonema costatum 
Pronaflati )^ Mr* Alphonse returned to duty on the 11th and had 
charge of this and other woik in the Potting Yard* Cuttings were made 
of* Orthosiphon, Oleander, Jatropha pandurifolia (pink variety). 
Hibiscus mutabllla, Derrls el lip* lea, Strophanthus , Ardisla* Seeds 
were planted oft Caauarlne equlsehfolia, Bagi, iillett, & Ti t Honda * 
Plants of the following were potted* Poinsebia, Oreodoxa, Ficus 
callicarpa, Dracaena* The stock of potted plants was checked over 
and replanting done where possible* Two gardeners assisted in this 
work* The Chinese gardener continued proparfmion of Begonias, ferns 
and other pot-plants* w 
Weeding. Three women were employed in weeding. 
8. Plant House 
The flowering plants on the steps war* changed three time* during 
the month, new plants being brought from the Chinese Gardener s nursery. 
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