^ ^ Floodlighting and 
During the Ridley Centenary Celebrations the Singapore 
Botanic Gardens will be floodlit for 8 nights from i oth to 17th 
December inclusive. Floodlighting will be confined to the 
Office Ring Road, the Lower Ring Road and adjacent areas. 
The office and laboratory, herbarium and library will be 
floodlit, as well as Mr. Ridley’s office, which is at the end of 
the building now known as the Lower Office. The orchid house 
and shade house will also be floodlit and it is hoped that Mucuna 
bennettii (New Guinea Creeper) will still be in bloom. 
Attention is drawn to the following trees which will be 
floodlit during the week:— 
Oncosperma tig ill aria —Nibong 
Oreodoxa regia —Royal Palm 
Ceiba pentandra —Kapok Tree 
Hymenaea courbaril —Locust Tree 
Cedrela glaziovii —Stinking Mahogony 
Hevea brasiliensis —Rubber Tree 
Casuarina sumatrana —Sumatran Ru 
Fagraea Jragrans —Tembusu 
Schizostachyum brachycladum — Golden Stem Bamboo 
Cyrtostachys lakka —Pinang Rajah, Sealing Wax Palm 
Corypha umbraculifera— Talipot Palm 
Veltophorum pterocarpum — Batai, Yellow Flame 
Dyera costulata —Jelutong 
Terminalia subspathulata —Jelawei 
Koompassia malaccensis —Kempas 
Podocarpus imbricatus —Malayan Yellow Wood 
Eugenia longiflora —Kelat 
Cassia fistula —Indian Laburnum 
I would like to thank Mr. A. Wear, Director of Public Works and Mr. Siddaway, 
the Electrical Engineer and his staff for installing the floodlighting apparatus. 
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Band Concerts 
Band concerts will be given as follows:— 
Saturday, 10th December: 9—10.15 p**n. 
Band of the First Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment 
Bandmaster—Mr. E. Gaines 
By kind permission of Lt.-Col. H. R. D. Hill, m.b.e, 
and 
The Singapore Chamber Ensemble 
Conductor—Mr. Paul Abisheganaden 
The concert will consist of choral and band items and will 
include Vaughan William’s arrangement of the “Old 100th”. 
Tuesday, 13th December: 9—10 p.m. 
Band of the Singapore Police Force 
Bandmaster—Mr. R. E. House, a.r.c.m. 
By kind permission of the Commissioner of Police, Singapore. 
Thursday, 15th December: 9—10 p.m. 
R.A.F. Band of the Far East Air Forces 
Bandmaster—Flt.-Lt. W. G. Newman 
By kind permission of the Commander-in-Chief Far East Air 
Forces—Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges, k.b.e., c.b. 
Saturday, 17th December: 9—10 p.m. 
Royal Marines Band of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East 
Station. 
Bandmaster—Senior Commissioned Bandmaster S. C. 
Cooper, L.R.A.M., R.M. 
By kind permission of the Commander-in-Chief Far East 
Station—Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Scott-Moncrieff, k.c.b., c.b.e., 
D.S.O. 
Note :'—Cars should enter by the Cluny Road entrance to the Gardens and may be 
parked in Office Ring Road, Lower Ring Road and Main Gate Road. They 
may leave by the Cluny Gate or the Main Gate. During the period ioth 17th 
December the Gardens will be closed at 11 p.m. A warning bell will be 
rung at 10. 4$ p.m. 
