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Two young - trees of Eucalyptus Naudiniana, introduced from New Guinea 
and planted in 1928 made good growth. One reached a height of t5 feet in 
12 months, but was attacked by a borer, which caused the main stem to break. 
Small plants of Platycerimn 'Ridleyi were brought from Kelantan by 
Mr. Henderson and successfully established on trees in the Gardens and in 
the plant House. This species, closely allied to P. coronatum , has its fertile 
fronds directed upwards instead of downwards, and the bracket leaves clasp 
the supporting branch closely. 
The big Jelutong tree (Dyera laxiflora ) flowered heavily in April and 
November. It is interesting to record that the fruits resulting from the April 
flowering took exactly eight months to mature; they dehisced towards the 
end of December, though they had been full grown for some months pre¬ 
viously. 
THE WATERFALL GARDENS, PENANG 
The year was unusually dry, the rainfall totalling 99^04 inches as against 
an average of 137*4 inches for the past nine -years; the dryest months were 
January, July and December, and much labour was required in watering 
plants, more especially as on some occasions the supply from the small hill¬ 
side streams failed. 
The usual maintenance work was continued, and in addition, various 
improvements were carried out as follows:—The banks of the stream along 
the borders of lawns B and S were re-made and strengthened with boulders 
in wire baskets, in order to prevent further erosion towards B; and about 
[,000 sq. feet of lawn S near the stream was levelled and re-turfed. Smaller 
improvements to other lawns were also effected. The road betwee the office 
and the middle bridge was widened and the slope of law r n C on one side of it 
reduced, the earth secured being used to fill in the approach to the new foot¬ 
bridge. Considerable extensions and repairs to roadside drains were also 
made. 
A considerable number of flowering trees and shrubs were planted in 
order to give more colour in various parts of the gardens, 
including the following:—Lagustroemia, Jacaranda, Cassia fistula, C. 
multijuga, Peltophorum ferrugineum, Spathodea, Poinsettia, Caesalpinia 
pulcherrima, Ixora and Bougainvillea. 
Additions were made to the collection of ferns and other local forest 
plants in the fern rockery; these were collected on the hill by the Field Assist¬ 
ant. A number of redundant and unsightly trees were removed from various 
places, notably some trees of Cinnamomum and Ficus from the thicket skirt¬ 
ing the stream by lawn E. 
Monkeys did a certain amount of damage to plants in the Gardens, though 
less than might be expected. They killed a palm of the species Calyptronoma 
Swartsii and severely damaged plants of Casuarina Rumphii and Impatiens 
mirabilis. 
Buildings .—The Public Works Department repaired the office roof, and 
also supplied a steel framework for the roof of plant house No. 8, and 
repainted the orchid house. The gardens staff fixed new timber and bertam 
to the roof of plant house No. 8, and also renewed the bertam on plant house 
No. 9 and some of the sheds in the potting yard. 
The Committee, after consulting with the Chief Police Officer, adopted 
new traffic regulations, which work satisfactorily, and in connection with 
these a new wooden foot bridge was provided to give easy access from the new 
parking place for motor cars to the lawns round the bandstand. 
The Health Department relaid the subsoil drains in lawns H and C, and 
carried out the usual programme of anti-malarial work. 
