Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
(d.)-FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND BOTANY.
At Kowloon Tsai, 2,500 one year old trees of Pinus massoniana were planted.
On the hills between Cheung Sha Wan and the Taipo Road, 50,000 sites were sown with pine seeds.
All sites in which seeds had failed to germinate at Cheung Chau and Fan Ling were resown with pine seeds; altogether 45 pounds of pine seeds were used.
Two hundred and ninety-four pounds of pine seed was sown broadcast on grass banks above and below roads at the following places, Taipo Road, Tsin Wan Road, Chai Wan gap to Tytam, Tytam to Stanley, Stanley Road, Findlay Road, Lugard Road, Sai Kung gap to Ha Chan gap and roads on Cheung Chau.
On the grass slopes below Severn Road 394 one year old trees of Pinus massoniana were planted.
Broad-leaved trees planted.
In the vicinity of Aberdeen reservoir, 186 young trees of "Jak" (Artocarpus integrifolia) were planted.
One hundred and eighty-five tristanias and 45 eucalyptus were planted on grass banks below Severn Road.
The trees used for roadside planting were principally camphor, tristania, albizzia, melaleuca, poinciana, ficus, aleurites and bauhinia; these were used at the following places, Tytam Road 20, Shaukiwan 12, Shaukiwan to Tytam 59, Bowen Road 2, Pokfulam Road 2, Barker Road 6, Plantation Road 13, Conduit Road 2, Albany Road 2, Nathan Road 46, Mody Road 3, Taipo Road 422, Tsin Wan Road 738 and 24 near the market on the Sham Shui Po reclamation.
Trees removed.
In connection with general improvements to and widening of roads in various parts of the Colony, large shade trees had to be felled at the following places, Queen's Road East 9, Arsenal Street 2, Caine Road 4, Eastern Street 2, Pokfulam Road 1.
At Taipo police station a number of large specimens of tristania which were entirely shutting out the view of the railway station and the adjoining public road were removed.
In connection with extensions at Kowloon and Yaumati reservoirs and the formation of the site for new cemeteries at Fo Pang Hang, numbers of Pinus massoniana had to be removed from adjoining plantations.
At the top of earth banks at the back of the reclamation at Aplichau, a large number of camphors, pines and tristanias had to be felled to allow for the removal of earth and to prevent landslides. A very large number of pine and other trees were removed from building sites in all parts of the Colony.
Insect pests were much less troublesome than during the preceding year; the pine tree caterpillar made its appearance in small numbers only at Fan Ling; these were immediately collected and destroyed.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
(d.)-FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND BOTANY.
At Kowloon Tsai, 2,500 one year old trees of Pinus massoniana were planted.
On the hills between Cheung Sha Wan and the Taipo Road, 50,000 sites were sown with pine seeds.
All sites in which seeds had failed to germinate at Cheung Chau and Fan Ling were resown with pine seeds; altogether 45 pounds of pine seeds were used.
Two hundred and ninety-four pounds of pine seed was sown broadcast on grass banks above and below roads at the following places, Taipo Road, Tsin Wan Road, Chai Wan gap to Tytam, Tytam to Stanley, Stanley Road, Findlay Road, Lugard Road, Sai Kung gap to Ha Chan gap and roads on Cheung Chau.
On the grass slopes below Severn Road 394 one year old trees of Pinus massoniana were planted.
Broad-leaved trees planted.
In the vicinity of Aberdeen reservoir, 186 young trees of "Jak" (Artocarpus integrifolea) were planted.
One hundred and eighty-five tristanias and 45 eucalyptus were planted on grass banks below Severn Road.
The trees used for roadside planting were principally camphor, tristania, albizzia, melaleuca, poinciana, ficus, aleurites and bauhinia; these were used at the following places, Tytam Road 20, Shaukiwan 12, Shaukiwan to Tytam 59, Bowen Road 2, Pokfulanı Road 2, Barker Road 6, Plantation Road 13, Conduit Road 2, Albany Road 2, Nathan Road 46, Mody Road 3, Taipo Road 422, Tsin Wan Road 738 and 24 near the market on the Sham Shui Po reclamation.
Trees removed.
In connection with general improvements to and widening of roads in various parts of the Colony, large shade trees had to be felled at the following places, Queen's Road East 9, Arsenal Street 2, Caine Road 4, Eastern Street 2, Pokfulam Road 1.
At Taipo police station a number of large specimens of tristania which were entirely shutting out the view of the railway station and the adjoining public road were removed.
In connection with extensions at Kowloon and Yaumati reservoirs and the formation of the site for new cemeteries at Fo Pang Hang, numbers of Pinus massoniana had to be removed from adjoining plantations.
At the top of earth banks at the back of the reclamation at Aplichau, a large number of camphors, pines and tristanias had to be felled to allow for the removal of earth and to prevent landslides. A very large number of pine and other trees were removed from building sites in all parts of the Colony.
Insect pests were much less troublesome than during the preceding year; the pine tree caterpillar made its appearance in small numbers only at Fan Ling; these were immediately collected and destroyed..
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