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Almost the whole of the flowering trees used in the roadside planting throughout the Colony are raised here, later it is proposed to establish another nursery on the Island, in order to lessen the cost of transport and to avoid the carrying of young trees over long journeys.
Little Hong Kong Nursery:-The whole of the beds were sown with Camphor seeds and over 5,000 young trees raised in readiness for the replanting of the adjoining cleared area of Little Hong Kong Forest.
The nursery is being enlarged each year, this is a work of some difficulty owing to the hilly nature of the ground and the amount of small boulders which have to be removed.
A pipe line has been laid to tap a hill stream and a system of small tanks established, so far an abundant supply of water has been obtained,
Little Hong Kong Forest :--The clearing of the old timber from this area which was commenced in 1922 has now been completed; the majority of the large trees had been damaged and broken by large forest creepers and the major portion of the timber felled could only be used as fuel.
The only trees spared were some 500 large Camphors which are now slowly taking better shape after being loaded down with creepers and denied a proper amount of light for many years.
Fan Ling Experimental Garden :—A crop of Perilla ocymoides grown from seed was tried and grew well but the yield of seed was very small and insufficient to crush for the determination of the quantity of oil present.
Young trees of Aleurites montana continue to do well and a large number are now ready for roadside planting, next year.
A stock of Camphor and Poinciana regia was raised from seed, they will be kept in readiness for the proposed planting of the new Fan Ling-Sha Tau Kok Road in 1925.
The Smooth Cayenne pineapples fruited well and a small number of young plants were distributed at the end of the season. This particular pineapple which has been so successfully grown in Honolulu is without doubt one which could be grown in the Colony for commercial purposes, the fruit is much heavier than that of the local species and of a superior flavour.
Some trees of Buddha's "Finger Citron"(Citrus Medica, var. Cherocarpus) which were procured from Wat Nam in 1922 produced about 30 very large fruits.
Inspection of Nursery Stock:-Between the months of July and November a very large number of bulbs of Narcissus Tazetto