42. A great drawback to the Park becoming a favourite resort when laid out, unless it can be stopped, is the large quantity of cement dust which is blown over from the Cement Works at Hok Un during the winter months.
43. Colonial Cemetery.-Gravel walks were repaired, and the shrubberies planted up.
44. Trees damaged by various typhoons were trimmed and made sightly.
45. The east end of the Cemetery was much improved by the Public Works Department carrying out very badly needed repairs to walks, and as cement and disintegrated granite were used in these repairs, future damage by heavy rains will be prevented.
46. Royal Square Garden.-This small plot was kept in a tidy condition.
47. Roadside Banks.-The Rhododendrons, which consisted of pink and red varieties intermixed, on the Battery Path bank, were transplanted, the reds being put in one place and the pinks in another, so that when in flower the colours will not clash.
48. Several plants of Hibiscus Lambertianus were planted near roads where they will be seen when in flower.
49. Two small flowering trees, Bauhinia variegata and Lagerstroemia indica, were rather freely planted on banks in the vicinity of the town.
HERBARIUM.
50. Many local specimens have been added to the collection.
51. One hundred and five specimens from Kweichau Province were purchased.
52. Mr. C. Talbot Bowring, Wenchow, presented a number of Chekiang plants and Professor R. Mell, Canton, a few Kwangtung species.
53. The Superintendent described a new species of Quercus and a new species of Amorphophallus, both found in Hongkong and the New Territories, in the Journal of Botany.
54. The Key to the Flora of Hongkong, the New Territories, and Kwangtung Province is now in print. The thanks of the Government and of this Department are due to Lieut.-Colonel Prain, Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, for publishing this work as an additional series of the Kew Bulletin.*
* Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Additional Series. X, 1911.
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42. A great drawback to the Park becoming a favourite resort when laid out, unless it can be stopped, is the large quantity of cement dust which is blown over from the Cement Works at Hok Un during the winter months.
43. Colonial Cemetery.-Gravel walks were repaired, and the shrubberies planted up.
44. Trees damage! by various typhoons were trimmed and and made sightly.
45. The east end of the Cemetery was much improved by the Public Works Department carrying out very badly needed repairs to walks, and as cement and disintegrated granite were used in these repairs, future damage by heavy rains will be prevented.
46. Royal Square Garden.-This small plot was kept in a tidy condition.
47. Roadside Banks.-The Rhododendrons, which consisted of pink and red varieties intermixed, on the Battery Path bank, were transplanted, the reds being out in one place and the pinks in another, so that when in flower the colours will not clash.
48. Several plants of Hibiscus Lambertianus were planted near roads where they will be seen when in flower.
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49. Two small flowering trees, Bayinia variegata and Lager- straemia indica, were rather freely planted on banks in the vicinity of the town.
HERBARIUM.
50. Many local specimens have been added to the collection.
51. One hundred and five specimens from Kweichau Province were purchased.
52. Mr. C. Talbot Bowring, Wenchow, presented a number of Chekiang plants and Professor R. Mell, Canton, a few Kwangtung species.
53. The Superintendent described a new species of Quercus and a new species of Amorphophallus, both found in Hongkong and the New Territories, in the Journal of Botany.
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54. The Key to the Flora of Hongkong, the New Territories. and Kwangtung Province is now in print. The thanks of the Government and of this Department are due to Lieut.-Colonel Prani, Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, for publishing this work as an additional series of the Kew Bulletin.*
* Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Additional Series. X, 1911.
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