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The old Poinsettias in the circular bed adjoining the Aviary were taken up and destroyed, another stock of plants was put in after the bed had been put into good order generally.
During March the fountain basin was given the usual annual cleaning and the aquatic plants were taken out and repotted before being replaced.
All rockeries in both gardens were overhauled and all vacant spaces planted with ferns and a general collection of foliage plants.
On a grass bank near the plant houses in the Old Garden a specimen of Bougainvillea spectabilis var. lateritia was damaged during a storm and later died.
A number of plants of Ixora coccinea were added to the small group of this slow growing but showy flowering plant, on a grass bank near the plant houses in the Old Garden.
Most of the pot plants in the plant houses were repotted, re-arranged and all were put into good order generally, the foliage plants in the rockery at one end of the houses were lifted, divided and replanted.
At the east end of the lower terrace in the Old Garden a rockery planted with a collection of Agave, Opuntia, Cacti, Sansevierias and Alpinias was cleared of a portion of two last-named, which had overgrown most of the other plants.
The plants of Hibiscus Lambertianus which line the Garden Road boundary wall have now become well established; they were given two hard prunings during the year.
A small bed immediately inside the Albany entrance was cleared of old plants of Jasminum Sambac, these were replaced by young plants of Poinsettia.
The Annual Show of the Hongkong Horticultural Society was held in the Botanic Gardens on March 2nd. Exhibits of fruit, flowers and vegetables were good and entries were numerous but visitors to the show were very few in number owing to labour troubles.
The grass lawns on the Upper and Lower Terraces in the Old Garden were treated with "Cha Chai" during heavy rain in order to bring out the earthworms, of which some 200 pounds, much less than the preceding year, were caught and destroyed.
During October, Roses in beds were given a heavy dressing of stable manure and young plants were put in to replace failures.
Beds on the lower terrace were planted with a succession of English summer-flowering annuals during the winter and with a succession of mostly native plants during the summer.
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The old Poinsettias in the circular bed adjoining the Aviary were taken up and destroyed, another stock of plants was put in after the bed had been put into good order generally.
During March the fountain basin was given the usual annual cleaning and the aquatic plants were taken out and repotted before being replaced.
All rockeries in both gardens were overhauled and all vacant spaces planted with ferns and a general collection of foliage plants.
On a grass bank near the plant houses in the Old Garden a specimen of Bougainvillea spectabilis. var. lateritia was damaged during a storm and later died.
A number of plants of Ixora coccinea were added to the small group of this slow growing but showy flowering plant, on a grass bank near the plant houses in the Old Garden.
Most of the pot plants in the plant houses were repotted, re-arranged and all were put into good order generally, the foliage plants in the rockery at one end of the houses were lifted, divided and replanted.
At the east end of the lower terrace in the Old Garden a rockery planted with a collection of Agave, Opuntia, Cacti, San- sevierias and Alpinias was cleared of a portion of two lastnamed, which had overgrown most of the other plants.
The plants of Hibiscus Lambertianus which line the Garden Road boundary wall have now become well established; they were given two hard prunings during the year.
A small bed immediately inside the Albany entrance was cleared of old plants of Jasminum Sambar, these were replaced by young plants of Poinsettia.
The Annual Show of the Hongkong Horticultural Society was held in the Botanic Gardens on March 2nd. Exhibits of fruit, flowers and vegetables were good and entries were numerous but visitors to the show were very few in number owing to labour troubles.
The grass lawns on the Upper and Lower Terraces in the Old Garden were treated with "Cha Chai" during heavy rain in order to bring out the earthworms, of which some 200 pounds, much less than the preceding year, were caught and destroyed.
During October, Roses in beds were given a heavy dressing of stable manure and young plants were put in to replace failures.
Beds on the lower terrace were planted with a succession of English summer-flowering annuals during the winter and with a succession of mostly native plants during the summer.
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