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About 100 seedlings of Paulownia Fortunei were raised from seeds collected from the trees in the Botanic Gardens. These will be planted out in various parts of the Colony.
Clerodendron splendens, on a fence in the New Garden, was a fine sight for the first three months of the year.
The display of flowering plants in pots during March was one of the best there has ever been in the gardens.
In August and September, Achimenes in the No. 3 house attracted a great deal of attention.
A large tree of Eucalyptus tereticornis near the Albany gate, which had been badly damaged by white ants, was cut down to prevent it being blown down in a typhoon.
Small-flowered Hippeastrum plants were taken up from a bed in the Old Garden and replaced with seedlings from good varieties.
The Gallery walk was closed in February to allow the Water Authority to put in a twelve-inch water main between Robinson and Caine Roads.
This work necessitated the destruction of a number of plants in Glenealy but after it had been completed the place was planted up and now most of the damage has been obliterated.
The rockeries in Glenealy and elsewhere were overhauled and vacancies filled up with ferns and foliage plants.
The numerous storm-water drains which run under the gardens were examined and cleared by the Public Works Department, and to facilitate future inspections man-holes were made in both the Old and New Gardens.
The Annual Show of the Hongkong Horticultural Society was held in the Old Garden on the 14th and 15th March.
Cut flowers and pot plants were exceptionally good both from the Peak and the lower level.
Vegetables were up to the average.
On the evening of the 24th October, "Our Day", a fête was held in the Old Garden and attended by thousands of people. Notwithstanding the huge crowd very little damage was done to plants and shrubs. A sum of $21,664.84 was realized.
The lawns were badly attacked by caterpillars in October, and in spite of several dressings of Jeyes' Fluid and water, the plague continued right up to the end of the year.
Government House Grounds.-Several plants of Daedalacanthus nervosus and Buddleia officinalis were planted in various parts of the grounds.