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A regular supply of seedling annuals and other plants from the Botanic Gardens was maintained throughout the year.
Trees near the plant compound were thinned as required.
At the completion of the British School playground extension, Kowloon, several flowering shrubs were planted to replace those which had been destroyed in the Royal Observatory Grounds during the progress of the work.
Grass plots in the Children's Playground, Kowloon, were cut and weeded.
Caterpillars in small numbers made their appearance on the grass plots in the Statue Square Garden in the month of October, but disappeared a few days later. The lawns were cut and weeded as required.
Grass bank and plot and flowering shrubs at the Helena May Institute were regularly inspected and attended to as required.
In West End Park the long grass was regularly cut and Mimosa seedlings rooted out.
A large number of Agaves were planted; these will ultimately replace the barbed wire fences which are at present very necessary but do not improve the general appearance of the Park.
The plot in front of the Hongkong Club was required for use as a site for a reception pavilion to be used on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales; consequently all the turf, flowering shrubs, and trees had to be removed.
These trees and shrubs were replanted alongside the roads in various parts of the Colony.
The grounds of the District Officer's Quarters at Taipo were placed under this Department during the year.
All the trees and shrubs which required it were pruned, staked, and tied; a line of Camphor and Eucalyptus was planted near the entrance gate.
Undergrowth on the banks was cleared twice during the year.
The lawns were regularly machined, rolled, weeded, and top-dressed.
At the Rest House, Taipo, the turf on the old lawn, which had deteriorated, was removed, the soil was levelled, and the whole area relaid with good turf.
HERBARIUM.
The number of plant specimens mounted during the year amounted to 797; of these, 641 were from Kwang Tung Province, 54 from Kwai Chau, and 102 from Australia.
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A regular supply of seedling annuals and other plants from the Botanic Gardens was maintained throughout the year.
Trees near the plant compound were thinned as required.
At the completion of the British School playground extension, Kowloon, several flowering shrubs were planted to replace those which had been destroyed in the Royal Observatory Grounds during the progress of the work.
Grass plots in the Children's Playground, Kowloon, were cut and weeded.
Caterpillars in small numbers made their appearance on the grass plots in the Statue Square Garden in the month of October, but disappeared a few days later. The lawns were cut and weeded. as required.
Grass bank and plot and flowering shrubs at the Helena May Institute were regularly inspected and attended to as required.
In West End Park the long grass was regularly cut and Mimosa seedling rooted out.
A large number of Agaves were planted, these will ultimately replace the barbed wire fences which are at present very necessary but do not improve the general appearance of the Park.
The plot in front of the Hongkong Club was required for use as a site for a reception pavilion to be used on the occasion of the visit of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, consequently all the turf, flowering shrubs and trees had to be removed.
These trees and shrubs were replanted alongside the roads in various parts of the Colony.
The grounds of the District Officer's Quarters at Taipo were placed under this Department during the year.
All the trees and shrubs which required it were pruned, stak- ed and tied, a line of Camphor and Eucalyptus was planted near the entrance gate.
Undergrowth on the banks was cleared twice during the year.
The lawns were regularly machined, rolled, weeded and top-dressed.
At the Rest House, Taipo, the turf on the old lawn, which had deteriorated, was removed, the soil was levelled and the whole area relaid with good turf.
HERBARIUM.
The number of plant specimens mounted during the year amounted to 797, of these 641 were from Kwang Tung Province, 54 from Kwai Chau and 102 from Australia,
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