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suggested plan for the establishment of a gardens Department and for the reorganisation of an Afforestation au-Department.
·re-war estab21st cenA §. •
A Patanical and Forestry
epartment with joint administrative headquarters at the Botsalosl verdens, Hong Kong where were situated offices with clerical staff, library, herbarium, living quarters for the Superintendent and murderies for omamental plants. The European staff dɔonsisted of, -
fuperintendent – trained in horticulture at Rew, with experieng
of tropical omezental gardens in Relays principally at Feneng. BOSTICULTURIST.
Assistant Superintendent - trained at xford, with a bachelor's
degree in forestry.
TRY OFFICER.
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Two Forestry supervisore with loal knowledge mly.
Comments.
1.
Keseorola pa alom
In the early days of the Department (Ford) emsiderable attention was paid to the flora of Fong Yong and of South China,
'his remilted in the publication by ana (ruperintendent) and Tutcher (^ast, upt.) in 1912 of a "lure of Kwenstuna and Hong Since that date a few pezera have been publialed by the same authore chieri, desling with the local flora. inoe uteher's retirement mo research into be flora of Mong Kong or Bouth China has been attempted by any Kamber of the staff.
irpom for which this department was formed has been completal, 1:nored for at least twenty years, It should be mentioned that most of the plants of the Colony have been identified and therefore them research in taxonomy; it must, nevertheless, be the only "otanie Department in the pire wich is not doing any botanical work. (Compare with Singapore Botanie wardens.)
Bortiqultural Regearch.
ingle
Do
nay for
I cannot me llect a sin le publication from the Department dealing with horticulture other than Tutcher's "Gardening for Hongong": There is plenty of scope.
4.
Bstenlos) verdens.
The Hong Pong otsaioal Garden hau baan maintained
These
Jovernment Fouse Grounds, Hospital and Tohool Breunda, eta..