Honorandjuzi or, the Sugges tion of Handing O vor Control of 
Public Gardens, Kuala Lunpur, to the S.S> Gardens 
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• With reference to'tfie proposal that the S.S.Garder.s Dopa 
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".art shoul 1 ho rut ir charge of t 1 b Public Gardens, Kuala Lunpur? i 
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►hinlc tha acggasSlen i vary sonnet ora, bnt cor. si fie? that for the 
eunso*>3 of i-talri strati or. th« headquarters should ho at Kuala. bumpur 
ir/t rot it S*rgapor®. The coasor.s for this are obviops ar.d nay !Jt * 
outline* is follows - Cl) Kuala tuapur is aidway between Porar.2 an* 
Singapore ar.-.t therefore within easy reach of both places (b) with 
headquarters at Kuala hnnpur the oardor.3 Department would bo in close 
touch with both the Agricultural Department art the Forest Department, 
whoso interests aro all vary closely allied (c) there is a possibility 
of the Singapore Gardens losing part of its economic gardor. and it 
vrill probably be necessary to develop this section ir. the F.T'.S. as 
no suitable lard is available in the S.s. 
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5JT 0 (jar dens Deparhner. t should be solely responsible io~ vL© 
cultivation of fruit* vegetables, %nvt flowering plants and shrubs, 
omaner.tal tre*s and pi Ire and should undertake the distribution oi 
both coeds and plants throughout the Por.ir. 3 uli* It would tharuiore 
bo necessary to keep big stocks of se» filings, espaciaxly irui-^i 
r,aot the demands not or.ly of tfke S*S* and F*M*S # , but also of tne 
On?i*d©rltad btalay States. 
row Gardens Department should bo solely res^or.srolo 
for all the horiicultir?-! work ir the P*M* S. as wall as the S. S # and 
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Kaj'.gsar, the {fardor.s at Salping and Maxwell f 3 Hill i3 walx 
Public Gardens at Kual'a bumpur. 
Other work which night bo undertaken is tho plant; n& 0i * 
ornamental trees, pains and flowering shrubs in the open spaces 
vf v ich .are to bo found ir many of the largo town 3*. TI\e vlar^.rg o. 
sha-do trees or the roadsides ir. the vicinity of villages and snail 
to'TT.s should also bo giver attention* 
