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were Honorary Show Manager and Assistant Show Manager respectively and 
several members of the Gardens’ staff acted as judges. The Gardens staged 
a non-competitive group of orchid hybrids and a small model garden. Gov¬ 
ernment House Domain won a number of prizes in the open classes of the 
flowering and foliage plant sections and the prize money was distributed 
among the staff. Although the Gardens do not compete in the general classes* 
they were awarded the cups for the best Dendrobium in the show for D. 
Neo-Hawaii and for the new Dendrobium raised in Malaya for D. Louise var. 
Elegance. 
XVII. VISITORS 
65. The Gardens continue to be very popular with the public and many 
local inhabitants, as well as visitors to Singapore come to see them. On fine 
Sundays and holidays several thousands of people visit the Gardens in one 
day. Among the distinguished visitors from overseas who were taken round 
by the Director or members of the staff were:—Mr. R. R. Panje, Botanist, 
Sugar Cane Institute, Coimbatore, Professor J. R. A. McMillan, Dean and 
Professor of Agriculture, Sydney University, Mr. L. L. Forman, Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Kew, Dr. Anthony Steel, Principal, University College, Cardiff, 
Messrs. W. E. Purnell and Smid of U.N.E.S.C.O. South-East Scientific Office, 
Djakarta, Indonesia, Dr. C. A. Krug, Director, Institute Agronomico, Campino, 
Brazil, Mr. Anwari Dilmy, Curator of the Herbarium Bogor, Indonesia, Dr. 
A. J. G. H. Kostermans, Director, Forest Research Institute, Bogor, Indonesia, 
Mr. J. N. Macdonald, Minister for External Affairs, New Zealand, Professor 
G. E. Blackman, Department of Agriculture, Oxford University, Dr. F. C. 
Camargo, Director of Agricultural Research, Brazil, Mr. Jameel Ahmad, Pre¬ 
sident, Idara Millia, Hydarabad, Deccan, India, Dr. F. R. Fosberg, Director, 
Pacific Vegetation Project, National Research Council, Washington, Sir 
Harold Parker, Ministry of Defence, London, Professor Kusnoto Setyodi- 
wiryo, Director, Botanic Gardens of Indonesia, Dr. R. F. Raffauf, Smith 
Kline’and French Laboratories, Philadelphia, Dr. P. R. Bell, University Col¬ 
lege, London, Mr. L. Y. Holliday, H. M. Ambassador to Laos, Dr. W. G. B. 
Garlick, Horticultural Experimental Station, Vineland, Ontario, Mr. G. B. 
Masefield, Department of Agriculture, Oxford University, H. E. Admiral 
Esparteiro, Governor of Macao and Madame Esparteiro, Mr. W. V. Harris, 
Director of the Colonial Termite Research Unit, Dr. F. R. Tubbs, Director 
of the East Mailing Research Institute, Dr. K. G. Dodds, Director 
of the John Innes Horticultural Station, Professor J. D. Newton, 
University of Alberta, Canada, Professor R. Pichi-Sermolli, Florence Uni¬ 
versity Professor Winge, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Professor E. 
Knapp, Max Planck-Institute, Heidelberg University, Dr. T. H. Harrison, 
Director of Plant Quarantine, Australia, Professor R. Good, University of 
Hull, Professor Anton Brunn, University Copenhagen, Sir Godfrey Inch, 
Chairman of Cable and Wireless. 
66 The Director accompanied Professor Pichi-Sermolli and Professor 
Good on visits to certain parts of Malaya to show them some of vegetation 
types to be found here. Among the botanists who worked for varying periods 
in the herbarium were:—Mr. G. H. S. Wood, Forest Botanist, British North 
Borneo- Dr A. J. G. H. Kostermans, Director, Forest Research Institute, 
Boeor- Dr P R. Bell of University College, London; Professor Pichi- 
Sermolli of Florence; Mrs. B. E. G. Allen; and Professor H. B. Gilliland, 
Dr A. Johnson, Dr. P. B. Tomlinson and Mr. I. Enoch of the University of 
Malaya. 
