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Kong's natural charm came alive this year with a vivid display of colours as the early spring rains brought with them some of the finest blossoms seen for years. Situated just south of the Tropic of Cancer, the Colony is fortunate from the botanical point of view in enjoying the best of two climates-temperate and tropical. This contrast has resulted in an extremely broad range of plants from the hardy winter trees to fragrant tropical blooms. For so small an area, the variety of flora is remarkable. Nowhere is this more evident than in the parks and gardens maintained by the Urban Services Department throughout Hong Kong, a service to the public that is expanding, despite the ever encroaching urban areas. The picture on the previous page shows yellow jasmine growing on an embankment just above Central District. Opposite, one of the rarest trees in Hong Kong is the cassia nodosa. Only two or three exist in the Colony, all of them on Hong Kong Island.
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