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verandah, were dispensed with as window boxes were made for each 
archway. An additional hundred plants were required to fill the window 
boxes. 
At the Colonial Secretary’s house the grounds were maintained as usual. 
No new planting was undertaken but the major portion of existing 
shrubberies and flower beds was kept well cultivated and bright with 
flowers. The palms in wooden tubs on the lower verandah were transferred 
into concrete pots. Two large trees of “Tembusu” and Araucaria excelsa 
were cut down and removed. The Araucaria was partly blown down in a 
storm and damaged a part of the garage in its fall. During the dry period 
in August, the hard tennis-courts had to be watered copiously to prevent 
them from crumbling. 
Municipality .—The routine of inspection and advice was maintained 
as in former years : weekly inspections of the roadside-trees were made and 
weekly reports submitted. Eight hundred trees were planted and 200 
leplacements were made. A special consideration was the planting of new 
kinds of free which should be suitable for ornament or shade on the 
roadsides, and the following were tried out for the first time in Singapore : — 
Acacia auricula'jar mis, Bauhinia monandra, Cassia multijuga, C. nodosa, 
Dillenia ora (a, Gardenia carinata, Stercospcrmum fimbriatum. 
Horticultural supervision was given to the planting of ornamental trees 
and shrubs in the Municipal Parks. At Farrer Park, the area about the 
playing ground and the tennis-courts was laid out with shade-trees, flower¬ 
ing shrubs and decorative palms. At Jubilee Park, quick-growing trees 
were spaced out upon the hillside as the basis of a bigger programme. At 
Katong Park the re-arrangement of the shrubberies and the greater part of 
the planting was completed. 
Penang 
Residency Garden .— No changes were made in the garden, but there 
was considerable improvement in the standard of the flowering pot-plants. 
Hill Gardens .—No important alterations were made to these gardens. 
A new Bougainvillea-hedge was planted at the entrance to the Crag Hotel 
and some of the slopes near the entrance were re-turfed with finer grass. 
The plantation of Pinas Merkusii, on the slope between “Convalescent” and 
“Fernhill”, made good progress : the coarse grass and ferns were kept 
slashed and the pines themselves grew vigorously. The supply of vegetables 
from the vegetable-garden was uncertain and dependant, as usual, on the 
weather : high wind and rain did much damage. 
Municipality . — Reports on roadside-trees and gardens were made where 
necessary and advice was given. 
Other II T ork . — Advice on planting was given to various clubs and 
private residents. For Poppy Day, the wreath-frames were prepared as in 
previous years. 
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