-border to improve their wages and rations* 
It is also hoped, that the (hardens 1 Department will be empowered to 
pa/ the permanent male labourers about 35 cents to Si a day according to 
the skill and ability of ttu-. individual labourer and to give them extra 
rice rations such as are given to the hard workers in the other 
Department. Further, it is hoped that the Department will be able to 
put up some new houses or make habitable the wooden barracks in the 
Sultana so that the offers of free quarters may prove an inducement for 
more coolies to come to work for the Hardens. 
2 • Mr * Holttum* s B o t an l e al Work 
Mr* Holttum wrote sections on cultivation of orchids and on 
orchid seedlings for Ms book on orchids in Malaya# In this he was 
assisted by Mr* Livingston. He also wrote latin diagnoses of all new 
species (17) discovered in his work on Malayan Orchids, typed out the 
card index of species and synonyms with bibliographic references 
(written 1,000 entries), and made a few new drawings of plants in flower* 
Having completed, so far as possible, the work on orchids, Mr. Holttum 
began to study tne Ginger family, an' Important and difficult family 
of which there is no satisfactory account in Malaya. He studied the 
living plants of this family in the Hardens as a preliminary to further 
work on herbarium specimens. 
3 - Mr* Co rner* 3 Botanical -York 
Mr. Corner continued with his workon the list of wild and 
cultivated plants on Syonan Island. He further continued his researches 
on Malayan fungi and completed a large number of microscopical drawings. 
He also assisted Dr. Koriba in his studies of Malayan plants, in the 
collection of seeds and planting material and in the control of the 
Forest Reserves under the B n +anical Garden. 
4* Gem oral Work in Botanic Gardens 
Gra s3 -Cutting was continued as last month: some areas (parts of 
lawns Z,F,K & L) cannot be dealt with owing to shortage of staff and 
the continued absence of the small motor mower on repair. 
Weediiig was continued in the neighbourhood of Main Gate Road and 
Office Ring Road. All Ganna beds and other be<le in lawns A & B were 
weeded and the C R nnaa regularly pruned of dead stems, Rearly all beds 
on Lawn B were weeded and compost added, and some beds in nawn L. The 
rockery in Lawn L was weeded. Work on cleaning and manuring young 
palms in lawn X continued. Almost all the work was done by women. 
Bandstand Hill. Maintenance consctinued as usual. The 
paths and drains were weeded by women, and on^ trtaii was employed in 
cleaning beds, planting etc* 
Planting. Two Plumeria seedlings were added to the Plumeria 
collection on lawn y. One plant of Kucuna Bennettii was p landed so that 
it will climb on a large Eugenia tree by the edge of the lake (west 3ide). 
One plant of Jack la orn^ta was planted in the Dell at the head of the lake. 
5# Plant House 
Three hybrid Ixora seedlings, and some Fittonia and Begonia plants 
were planted in the border of the small plant house. The plants in the 
houses were tended as usual; those on the steps were changed once only, 
owing to the lorry being needed for other work. 
6. Potting Yard 
General maintenance (weeding, watering, sweeping etc.) was carried 
out as usual. 
Shod. The following seeds ware planted:- 
