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The service path was repaired and extended.
Owing to the rapid growth of ferns and grass among the young trees in plantations, grass cutting for fuel purpose by residents of adjoining villages was permitted, all such cutting was carried on under the supervision of a forester.
Large numbers of seedling trees of various species were raised in the nursery.
Inspection of Nursery Stock.-Owing to the fact that the importation of bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta into the United States of America is now prohibited, very small numbers of the bulbs passed through the Colony during the year, formerly a very extensive trade was carried on between the bulb growers in Amoy and United States of America.
Six consignments totalling 156,880 bulbs were inspected and certificated as against 100 consignments totalling 1,450,660 in 1925.
SEED COLLECTION,
Seeds of the following were collected locally for departmental use and for exchange, Tristania conferta, Melaleuca Leucadendron, Leucaena glauca, Callistemon lanceolata, Callistemon rigidus, Pinus Massoniana, Sterculia lanceolata, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Celtis sinensis, Albizzia pennata, Garcinia oblongifolia, Aleurites cordata, Acacia Lebbek, Cinnamomum Camphora, Bischofia javanica, Cunninghamia sinensis and Ficus retusa.
In addition to those collected locally, one thousand pounds of seeds of Pinus Massoniana were purchased from Pok Lo district, where they can be procured at much lower cost than by collection in the Colony.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS, &c.
The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants, &c.-Director, Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya; Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling; Director, Experiment Station, Department of Agriculture, Honolulu; Secretary, Woodlawn Park Cemetery Co., Florida: Director R. H. S. Gardens, Surrey; Secretary, Provisional Forestry Board, Queensland; Superintendent, La Mortola, Italy; Acting Director of Forestry, Department of Agriculture, &c., Manila; Dr. P. J. S. Cramer (Java); Messrs. D. J. Fullaway (Honolulu); W. Dixson (Sydney); G. A. Walker; J. Ralston; H. Humphreys; J. A. E. Bullock; Miu Yat Tak: Professor J. L. Shellshear; Botanic Gardens, Bristol and Mow Fong Garden.
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The service path was repaired and extended.
Owing to the rapid growth of ferns and grass among the young trees in plantations, grass cutting for fuel purpose by residents of adjoining villages was permitted, all such cutting was carried on under the supervision of a forester.
Large numbers of seedling trees of various species were raised in the nursery.
Inspection of Nursery Stock.-Owing to the fact that the importation of bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta into the United States of America is now prohibited, very small numbers of the bulbs passed through the Colony during the year, formerly a very extensive trade was carried on between the bulb growers in Amoy and United States of America.
Six consignments totalling 156,880 bulbs were inspected and certificated as against 100 consignments totalling 1,450,660 in 1925.
SEED COLLECTION,
Seeds of the following were collected locally for depart- mental use and for exchange, Tristania conferta, Melaleuca Leucadendron, Leucaena glauca, Callistemon lanceolata, Callistemon rigidus, Pinus Massoniana, Sterculia lanceolata, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Celtis sinensis, Albizzia
· Garcinia oblongifolia, Aleurites cordata, Acacia Cinnamomum Camphora, Bischofia javanica, Cunninghamia sinensis and Ficus retusa.
Acacia
Lebbek, pennata,
In addition to those collected locally, one thousand pounds of seeds of Pinus Massoniana were purchased from Pok Lo district, where they can be procured at much lower cost than by collection in the Colony.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS, &c.
The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants, &c.-Director, Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya; Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling; Director, Experi- ment Station, Department of Agriculture, Honolulu; Secretary, Woodlawn Park Cemetery Co., Florida: Director R. H. S. Gardens, Surrey; Secretary, Provisional Forestry Board, Queensland; Superintendent, La Mortola, Italy; Acting Director of Forestry, Department of Agriculture, &c., Manila; Dr. P. J. S. Cramer (Java); Messrs. D. J. Fullaway (Honolulu); W. Dixson (Sydney); G. A. Walker; J. Ralston; H. Humphreys; J. A. E. Bullock; Miu Yat Tak: Professor J. L. Shellshear; Botanic Gardens, Bristol and Mow Fong Garden.
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