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Cuttings of various kinds of shrubs and creepers were made and layers of Roses and Bauhinia Blakeana were also taken for departmental use and for sale.
The potting of ferns in the plant houses and the division of Bamboo Palms (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) in the Loan Plant Compound was totally completed in May.
There is still a great demand for Bamboo Palms and as many as could be spared from stock were sold.
The Hongkong Horticultural Show was held for one day only on March 2nd in the Botanic Gardens. Exhibits of both flowers and vegetables were good but less than those of the previous year.
In connection with road alterations the wall at the south-east corner of the Old Garden was pulled down and reerected by the Public Works Department.
A small area of garden was accordingly lost and a fine specimen of Ficus elastica had to be sacrificed.
A fine hedge of Chrysalidocarpus standing at the top of the wall had to be removed and planted elsewhere, another hedge of the same palm was planted immediately after the reerection of the wall.
Cannas in beds and shrubberies were rooted up, divided, manured and replanted as usual.
All growths of Alpinias, which had finished flowering, were cut out from rockeries and numerous shady banks.
Two young trees of Poinciana regia were planted in the Loan Plant Compound to replace the one which was blown down in the preceding year and which always afforded a very beneficial partial shade to the pot plants stored there.
The turf on a plot below the aviary, which had become very uneven owing to a slight subsidence, was taken up and relaid after the ground had been properly levelled.
The Upper and Lower Terraces in the Old Garden were treated with "Cha Chai" on rainy days several times during the year, large quantities of earthworms which were damaging the turf were collected and destroyed.
All the Rose bushes were given a heavy dressing of old stable manure in October.
At the request of the Hongkong Horticultural Society, notes on general gardening works were supplied to editors of local newspapers for publication in September and October.
During the year numerous permits were issued to artists to sketch or paint and to photographers to take photographs in the Botanic Gardens.
Collectors' permits were issued to a number of visiting botanists to enable them to collect wild plant specimens in the Colony.
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Cuttings of various kinds of shrubs and creepers were made and layers of Roses and Bauhinia Blakeana were also taken for departmental use and for sale.
The potting of ferns in the plant houses and the division of Bamboo Palms (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) in the Loan Plant Compound was totally completed in May.
There is still a great demand for Bamboo Palms and as many as could be spared from stock were sold.
The Hongkong Horticultural Show was held for one day only on March 2nd in the Botanic Gardens. Exhibits of both flowers and vegetables were good but less than those of the previous year.
In connection with road alterations the wall at the south-east corner of the Old Garden was pulled down and reerected by the Public Works Department.
A small area of garden was accordingly lost and a fine specimen of Ficus elastica had to be sacrificed.
A fine hedge of Chrysalidocarpus standing at the top of the wall had to be removed and planted elsewhere, another hedge of the same palm was planted immediately after the reerection of the wall.
Cannas in beds and shrubberries were rooted up, divided, manured and replanted as usual.
All growths of Alpinias, which had finished flowering, were cut out from rockeries and numerous shady banks.
Two young trees of Poinciana regia were planted in the Loan Plant Compound to replace the one which was blown down in the precceding year and which always afforded a very beneficial partial shade to the pot plants stored there.
The turf on a plot below the aviary, which had become very uneven owing to a slight subsidence, was taken up and relaid after the ground had been properly levelled.
The Upper and Lower Terraces in the Old Garden were treated with Cha Chai" on rainy days several times during the year, large quantities of earthworms which were damaging the turf were collected and destroyed.
All the Rose bushes were given a heavy dressing of old stable manure in October.
At the request of the Hongkong Horticultural Society, notes on general gardening works were supplied to editors of local newspapers for publication in September and October,
During the year numerous permits were issued to artist to sketch or paint and to photographers to take photographs in the Botanic Gardens.
Collectors' permits were issued to a number of visiting botanists to enable them to collect wild plant specimens in the Colony.
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