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on the voyage, it is only necessary to say that the seedlings sent to Pretoria, with transhipment at Calcutta, and which were nearly three months on the voyage, arrived in good condition whilst those shipped to Ceylon suffered severely, although it was stated in the letter of acknowledgment of the latter, that the packing left nothing to be desired.
THE GALE OF OCTOBER 19TH.
Although the destruction of large trees was small, very considerable damage was done to shrubs in the various gardens and grounds. Botanic Gardens. Four small trees including Bauhinia Blakeana were blown down but were afterwards raised. Numerous Rose bushes and shrubs were destroyed. Poinsettias in beds which are nearly always a feature in the Gardens in November, were very much damaged and, as they had not time to recover, were more or less a failure.
Street Trees.-Upwards of 150 young trees in Hongkong and Kowloon were blown over but were afterwards raised, but few big trees were blown down and killed. The Bamboos planted along the Peak Road suffered severely.
HERBARIUM.
The Superintendent, Mr. S. T. Dunn, described a dozen new species of Chinese plants, principally from Hongkong and the New Territories, in two papers which were published in the Journal of Botany.
A collection of plants from Swatow was made by the Superintendent when on short-leave and presented to the Department.
The Superintendent also presented 16 books, mostly botanical, to the Library, many of which were in several volumes.
The Bureau of Science, Manila, presented 478 Philippine plants, Professor Sargent of Harvard University 223 plants from Kiangsi, and the Assistant Superintendent 1,500 plants from Central China, to the Herbarium.
During the year a list of the native plants of Hongkong, the New Territories and Kwangtung Province has been drawn up with a key to the orders, genera and species, and is now nearly complete. Mrs. Gibbs, whose recent untimely death we have to deplore, presented many specimens of local plants to the Herbarium and Captain Hodgins of the S.S. Haiyang presented several specimens collected principally at Foochow
The list of additions to the Flora of Hongkong and the New Territories is given in a supplement.
FORESTRY.
A.--Demarcation.-Letters and numbers were painted at their proper places, for the assistance of the Forest Guards, in the vicinity of Victoria (Blocks 1 & 2), at Little Hongkong (Block 5), at Aberdeen (Block 6) and at Pokfulam (Block 7.)
Level lines were marked out at Shing lun (Block 11) for planting purposes.
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on the voyage, it is only necessary to say that the seedlings sent to Pretoria, with transhipment at Calcutta, and which were nearly three months on the voyage, arrived in good condition whilst those shipped to Ceylon suffered severely, although it was stated in the letter of acknowledgment of the latter, that the packing left nothing to be desired.
THE GALE OF OCTOBER 19TII.
Although the destruction of large trees was small, very consider- able damage was done to shrubs in the various gardens and grounds. Botanic Gardens. Four small trees including Bauhinia Blake- ana were blown down but were afterwards raised. Numerous Rose bushes and shrubs were destroyed. Poinsettias in beds which are nearly always a feature in the Gardens in November, were very much damaged and, as they had not time to recover, were more or less a failure.
Street Trees.-Upwards of 150 young trees in Hongkong and Kowloon were blown over but were afterwards raised, but few big trees were blown down and killed. The Bamboos planted along the Peak Road suffered severely.
HERBARIUM.
The Superintendent, Mr. S. T. Dunu, described a dozen new species of Chinese plants, principally from Hongkong and the New Territories, in two papers which were published in the Journal of Botany.
A collection of plants from Swatow was made by the Superin- tendent when on short-leave and presented to the Department.
The Superintendent also presented 16 books, mostly botanical, to the Library, many of which were in several volumes.
The Bureau of Science, Manila, presented 478 Philippine plants, Professor Sargent of Harvard University 223 plants from Kiangsi, and the Assistant Superintendent 1,500 plants from Central China, to the Herbarium.
During the year a list of the native plants of Hongkong, the New Territories and Kwangtung Province has been drawn up with a key to the orders, genera and species, and is now nearly complete. Mrs. Gibbs, whose recent untimely death we have to deplore, presented many specimens of local plants to the Herbarium and Captain Hodgins of the S.S. Haiyang presented several specimens collected principally at Foochow
The list of additions to the Flora of Hongkong and the New Territories is given in a supplement.
FORESTRY.
A.--Demarcation.-Letters and numbers were painted at their proper places, for the assistance of the Forest Guards, in the vicinity of Victoria (Blocks 1 & 2), at Little Hongkong (Block 5), at Aberdeen (Block 6) and at Pokfulam (Block 7.)
Level lines were marked out at Shing lun (Block 11) for planting purposes.
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