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'WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1909.

HONGKONG AND ITS FLORA.

The following report on the Hongkong botanical and forestry department in luodi Lover the signature of Me:8; T. Duan,

Superintendent S

general permission through the Polles, for anyone to take away what they wished for fual. The smallar"twigs and leavor which were of no hea se fuel, and were there fare left on the reads, were collected into hospa and burned.

Pine Plantations In contrast to the groas havou produced among the shade sreas is the curious fact that the plantations outside Victoris suffered little; caly 2,000 pinw trees blown down by the wind have so far bean found and sold

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which the leaves of two Farm Lots Wonguefchung were required to pay handrod doire en socount of unauthorized removal of trees blown down by the typhoon and of othats from thair lots. In the Innses of these (like the great majority of Farm Lets) all trees are reserved to the Crowne

Efforts were

One fuel stonlur was banished during the GARDEN AND GROUNDS.

year in consequence of a second conviction Botanic Gardens The your was marked

for unlawful removal of trees from a

pinntation Boveranian madu during the year to by the Howaring of two trees which formed important additions to the decorative

make it easier for the protective service to The new specios from the Fokien colleo deal with the occupants of matsheds situat plsuts of the Gardens. One of these was Fruntu Unger which Buworod profusely in in a paper by the superintendent in the Such people have always prove a thora in tion of 1905 were published during the yeared in or daar Gavarsment plantations the middle of January, This bron, which Journal of the Linnest Society. A collec came originally from Japan. is deciduous tion at plants from the Saiwan, Valley muls the side of the service because, being on and has pretty droopin, pink flowers which Me Forrest, of the Edinburgh Botanic the spot. night and day they can, if so incline, stal pine fuel with compamtive appear before the leaves The other tree, Gardens was purchased. No specimens saluty. A form of agreement has now been. from this region, proviously existed in the drawn up by which the owners of matsheds Punkarenin Burbonsi, also dowers before collection and it therefore file a gop in our girs surety is a sufficient sum for the safe the leaves appear. The Bowers are jawect-xorica of Chinese plots. The only calles keeping of trees within 600 yards of their ly scented white and mare in colour tions made by members of the Department matabed from damage by their peopio. and abolit inches long. The tree are one made in Northern Formosa and This should have a good effect.

one in the mountains round Hakone Lake forms a charming pięture when in full in Japan by the Superintendent. A large flower. The needs from which this speci- number of local specimens were presented mon was raised were obtained by My Marby Mrs Gibbs ray Scott. from Me Groisor on the North River and very kindly presented by him to the Botanic Garda, in: May: 1905,

Another festers of the year's gardening was the flowering of Ornithogalum, bulbs of which were sent through the kindness of our treqüent bonefactor Sir Wallace of Amoy. Lycoris auren, which had been planted in messos in several parts of the lawns was very effectivo in October."

Flout Surgeon O. G. Matthew, RN., has continued his work upon the local foras and has published the results se "Notes on the Ferns of Hongkong and the adjacent Mainland," a most valuable contribution to the butanical literature of the Colony. The the year received an unprecedented amouor fecus part of China havo indeed during of attention, for Mr Copeland recently published an account of the ferns of Southern China in the Philippine Journal of Sriance, dealing especially with those collected by Dr. Matthew on the Lien Chau

A considerable number of case bave recently boon brought before the Magie rates in which Chinese have been arrested for removing large quantities of flowering shrubs, forms and other plants from Crew Land round the town and at the Penk. As it became evident that soure of our more beautiful wild flowers are likely to become exterminated if this were allowed to con- sinus the procedure was adopted, which has districts in England, that in to say, a s been used and found effective in country cation was published pointing out what plants might and what might not be taken from publie Innd. The same notification has been used with access to check damage

to

The zoological collection sincrossed Rirery myself on the Min River in Fokien the newly planted pine seedlings nent by the presentation by Capt. Mathias of Prorizes and by Mr Kemp'a 'collectors the villes in New Kowloon,

ment is indebted to Dr Matthew for the farnishing notes on the specimens of forms simu and trouble that he has expanded in already placed by him in the Herbarium,

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tout paymone on the understanding that they keep what they cut as fuel. If the same ground je alessed every year, the full- obtained from it is not suitadent payment For the work involved, it is necessary, there ford, to arrange that the cooling, shall be allowed to out a certain area OFETY, JOSE where the brushwood is of several years growth and as it is beneficial to have the pine and other woods oleared of under growth every 5 or 6 years the Government souuros in this way a double advantage.

FORESTRY LICENBLY..

à refaimangement of the forestry licensing the issue of the lesson and all matters not system was made during the rear by which of a tochnical forestry nature are mamarád for the Northors District by the District Officer at Tai Po, and for the Southern District by the Assistant Land, Oficer in Hongkong. This change will cause a con- siderable saving of time and expense to the Govorimont as well as to the licensees,

(To be Continued),

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At Eluadquarters at 6.30 p.m. on Wad- needay the 4th August."

At Quarry Bay at 5.15 pm. on Thursday the 3th Au

TYPHOON WARNING.

Again we have had a day of sweltoring hent unrelieved on the Hungkong side by

the

F-Revaque Falling.-The timber sold consisted chiefly of small patcher of trees typhoon which is hanging about the Fa whose removal was necessary for public or Hagtang Channel," according to obtained by the sale of 1,605 mature trees and is evidently now hending Wor other works. A revenue of $1,387 Observatory report, in moving. vary slowly and 81,647 from thinnings. i

trees. The planting programme was con

G-Plating and caro of road-side W.N.W."The hoisting of the Black South

COM- tinued

in the new roads at Kowloon The Como and Black Drvar at daybreak has ha planting of bamboos on the mora axposed the effect of partly denuding the harb roads at the Peak was confined this year of the smaller craft, but otherwise there is to Mount Kellot where about 2,300 clumps a feeling that the Colony will not this time

thaS.S., Eni Fong of two amall deer. It in the neighbourhood of Swatow. In ad-uring the year was small in quantity and the slightest, suicion of a brosze,," The i was especially satisfactory to obtain those. As deor thrive woll under the conditious ofdition to the above publication the Depart the Gardone and so there particular animals had been mados pets of on the ship and were accustomed to exptivity.

The fower show was held as usual in the

A considerable amount of time was spent Gardens towards the end of Fabreasy and during the year in collecting and invest produced some of the finest exhibits that gating the plant products use! have yet bogu seen in the Colony The mercially in Hongkong, whether of loan rosas were specially good. The attendance or other origin. Most of them are was unfortunately saali in consequence of well known Chinese drugs. Esch was the bad weather.

as far as possible identified botani were added. Further planting was carried

squally weather during the next twenty-

A, after exhaustivo researches in Lon- Feally and specimens with distinctive num-out in May and Conduit Roads and some parience anything more incomoding than don and other wollections, it cannot be dis- bors preserved in the Herbarium, pending vacancies were plan ed in Des Voeux covered that the large Howard Bauhiain

their investigation

Flame of the Forest" (Puinciana), concerned. The list thus prepared has been sub Candle Nut" (Aleurites triloba), m

of our Gardena has been previously noticed other departments on the medical and Road Trest. The chief trees used were four hours.

by botanists, a description has been puh.

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12 Poinciana (Flame of the Forest), 90 Aleurites (Candle Nut) and 12 baaions ware used in the formation or repair of venues 38 trees of various kinds were call,315 clumps of bamboos were planted planted on the banks of May Road, while along Black's Link and Mount Kellet Road. $006 were speut on new plantings, 8915 upon repair-mostly of damage done by the typhoon.

A Demarcation. Owing to the number of Farm Tats and other alienated ground intermixed with Crown Land in the Pek fulam Block it was found necessary during the year to prepare a series of maps and photographs of the various areas, the rights

BNurserios, agriculture and economic planting-In June 1904. 2,00 balbils of Sisal Hemp were planted in exprmed in the Government barren situations

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July 28, 1909 at 11.30 am. Cyclone or typhoon W. of Northern Luzon, toare than 100 miles distant, moring S.W.

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lished in the Journal of Botany (1908, 32)jected to exhaustive examination by Celtis. The fine avenue of banians in Hongkong circulated the following telegram The tree is here named Bauhinis Blakeana Dr Ho Kai: the Government has in Nathan Road, Kowloon, has at last been received from the Manila Observatory after Sir Henry and Lady Blake.

deod boen exceedingly fortunate Birds-In last pear's annual report ex socuring his

broken into by the removal of 13 trees in to-day :- co-operation for pró trasts were printed from letters from Mrbably by no one,but himself could so much front of the new buildings at the junction! Korshaw of Macao written in haswer to interesting information upon the subject.

of Elgin ond enquiries from the Hongkong Gorerament have been collected from Chinese sources. as to the beas means of encouraging the

Captain Hodgins of the 9.a. Haiyang bas increase of singing birds in the Taland, Mr Korshan's advice to endeavour to keep specimens of scientific and economie interest down the magpies which are the principal which he has cellested' at his parts of enemies of all smil birds has been and presented to the Department. energetically followed during the yeKT UD- dur report. During the 6 months ending in March 1908 the Police, alone ac "enunted for 67 magpjes shot in various parts of ticagking and Kowloon (with an expenditure of only 753 cartridges); the total for the year ander report was Üb

Mountain Lodge Groands. The tennis ground was partly returfed and some other of the Government with regard to each being nursery at Kang Hau corresponding as far repnirs which were necessary wore carried onrefully ascertained. Both here and inother as could be judged to the best sinal innds Indrapara were sentenced to tom wooks' out on the paths.

parts of the

where they had been in Yucatan. In the Autumn of 1906, she bard labour each.. by Commander Basit Buko Garden.-A welcome change was made, the Forestry Service Face have plants were about 29, incres high, 1906, 19 introduced by the provision of a fance proved of the greatest value in demarcating aches, 1907, 21 inches. It will be seenTaylor, R.N., at the Marine Court to-day. and gates enabling the Garden to be forestry boundaries: Numbers and letters that the growth though rapid at first has for discboying the commands of the chief closed aftor dusk And rendaring it hare heen plainly painted at their proper fallen off. The usual method of cultiva engineer. The evidence was that defend xocure against damage by mischiarous places along those paibs so that the tion in by suckers 15 to 20 inches high anta lined up in front of the cabin and

during the night. The filling Forest Guards in their patrols can make takon from mature plants. Leaves refused to do any work. visitors up of the banks with Rhododendrous no mistake about the localities upon these usually reach a marketable size is and other flowering plants was continued. which their reports are made. All the years. I have no statistics of the usual rate) Some returfing, was dues but hardly had the main roads regularly traversed by the of growth from hulbils, but sa they are now lawns and slopes been put into good order Forest Guards have already been marked of the haight at which anckors are planted, before it was discovered that a large pro, with figures at the points where they cross I presume that, we must be satisfied if the the quarters at 45, Square Strest, in the

marketable size is rouched in about 5 years portion of the grass was undertained by cumpartment boundaries. cockclinfer gruha, The usual means of The last three compartments of the Har more. The plants are in a healthy state hours of this morning and got posses, dealing with turf pests were aspless: the bour Belt were demarcated during the year and I see no reason to doubt the success of sion of a box of clothing, which he took into a passage way. De then wrenched off only effects! remedy, was proved to be by a top and bottom line and a Forestry the experiment.

Among the most valuable products of the lock and was helping himself to the collecting the inserts by hand. Bat before Bervice Path was made through them and this could be completed extansi e damage marked throughout with the numbers of China which have so far romained a mon

the planting sections had been done, and the returfing of a large also made with the determination of un. ful and valuable wood known as Nanmu hearing noises, proceeded to the spot and Jean of the Hills, by TB Clegg

Sadie progress was opoly of the Chinese Empire is the beauti contents when District Watchman No. The Halt Moon,' by Ford Mador Eneffer. proportion of the Garden will be necessary. Au incribed stone was set up near the markod boundaries in and near the town of Chinese Coffin-tree). Many oferta virranted the thief. At the Magistracy, today The End and the Beginning, by Cosmo summer-house "according to the Chineas

Victoria

been made to obtain a supply of living B-Formation of Five Plantations-plants for other countries interested in Mr J. K. Wood sentenced the man to six custom bearing the names of those who subscribed to ita construction.

The planting of Tytam and Pokfulam forestry and with suitable climates but Rockeries.The side rockeries in Glenes reservoir catchments with pino was con- far, to the best of my knowledge, without

ཇཞ༦ ) ly were altered and put into good order, tinued, replanting of areas felled during success. There is an old tree in the Bong- while the island rockery which formed at the year was carried out on Mount Kellet kong Botanic Gardens which was sent by obstacle to chair tr fic was altogether ro- and near Aberdeen, while another 40 acres Mr Watters, then British Consibl at Ichaug. moved. The decar-tion of the large slope of the Harbour Belt was sown (in sites) some 30 or 40 years ago. A fow seers of opposite the Bun kong and Shanghai Bank between Customs Fasa and Lyemun. An layers were taken from it while

young and was continued according to the pre-arranged area of about 300 acres in the lower valley planted on Mount Gough in 1882. It is spoon plan. A large number of Rhodo- of the Shingmun stream was sown broadcast pipossible to find these trees again with dendrons hich

were among the shrube with pine code in antic pation of future the anty information preserved and this year should forro a fine toass of planting In all 621,65 pits were planted if still surviving they probably re Garden colour when fully developed..

or saya, while 50 pounds of pino weeds semble Tai Po Garden. Some

in being planting was were sown broadcast, at a total cost of in not ripening fruit and carried out around the now Land Office $4,478,

too old to provide layers. During the Inet Quarters when first bailt; during this year

Care of Trees in Plantations. Thin 2 years a considerable amount of curres small sun was expended in cleaning up ning was carried out on the Teland in 30 puudonce has been carried out with the the world of science and le ters, we must 31, Queen's Road Central,

(Twat Tze Mai) and in all the compartments and ptbers in Szecbuen and Yunnan, the of Stanley 5. Considerable thinning was provinces in which the tree occurs with confess to a sense of relief that Macao will

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In many parts of the island the pins Mr Tyman, and after some failures, two are still left wondering how such a plethora July probably did more damage to the trees have become incumbered with abur consignments of needs have during the year of intellectual resources could have gone trasa and other Government property dant undergrowts. This was at first iren been received by this department. The hand-in-hand with his effete bedrock con- under the charge of this department than away to the older established and more length of time occupied in the journey fremvistions about up-to-date China and her any previously on record."

respectable families of he neighbouring Cheng-tu is evidently, from the condition olle damage may be summarised as villages, who cut it under the superinten- of the seeds, nearly the limit for its wife. Euotism was his cardinal dogras, follows:

Buildings. The roots were blown of this privilege was found to be great, and an arrival. Two crapa have thus been esised no one better thats ex-loveract Continho dence of forestors. The competition for transport and they were immediately sown though disguised by clusive platitudes, and of the plant houses the end of one of the the villagers proved to be willing to do and it is hoped to transmit living plants in can say how woebegonu was his wayward * Not "houses was blown in and many additional work for the Department due course to various other Colonies which

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Hero is a touching object lesson of Botanic Gardess.-The majority of the work in brush wood has now been own so much of the pine forest has grown up in how the pet lamb is fostered at Hom segala ugater if payment for forestry L-Ferestry Service Paths. Now that big trucs were so severely damaged that it ishod but na it only came into full opera the Island of Bunglong and such largo ex- Br. J. F. Cidade, Ex-engineer, in the will be many years before they regain their tion after the end of the year an account of tensions of planting have been authorized Pablic Works Department, has been rein ornamental appearance while many wore it will be left for my next report. The red partly carried out in the New Ter

ovuriosa, civil service cleaning of the plantations was carried outer and easier meas of reaching those Among the many peccadillos which led to

it has become imperativo to secure stated in the bluwn down, one of them being carried into principally in da (Aberdeen) and Se (Tasta

plantations which do out lie along the his dismissal from his berth at Msono last Txe Mui s neighbouring streat; the remainder were DProtection from, fire.--The fire roads. A series of forestry service paths year were aundry contracts for repaim he aubacquently raised Xrd nared. Most of barelors comprising some 4 miles in all were has therefore been planned and partly con the young trees planted during the laat 3 cleaned in the Autumn at a cost of $163. structed. These paths fallow the entours had undertaken which would not hold years were destroyeů.

New barriors were made to pret et tho and vary in height share cut level from 600 water. As luck would have it, he is being Government House Grounds. Many of newly formed plantations in Triam Block to 800 feet acordar to the position of told off to Angols the lar.e trees in the immediate neigh- and the Harbour Belt Sams smalt Bros the dangest part of the plantations. bourhood of the house were badly damaged occurred.

The last mail for Timor carried away a The cinrenience that they have already or destroyed with special regret must be E-Forest Ganrd Service. The Foret provided amply justifies

band of enterprising youths, forced by the the nail recorded the pitapping off a few feet Guard Servios has been maintained in an outlay, upon them (2 to 3 omits per gloomy outlook from the land of their from the ground of the One Frincin efficient condition during the year. An yard). They ouable the Forest Guards birth. It is the Brat, instance our record. (Flame of the Forest), on the west of the improvement has been so by the cutting to penetrate with ease into certain areas where the spirit of adventure has lured WEEKLY NEWS house and the disfigurement of one of the of the Forestry Service Paths through which have hitherto been ditirut of access toh a goodly lot of young blood to round great banians at the entranodi

places where stealing had been provalent. In the plantations which are: www.in proces Calosisi Cemetery.-200 of the large It is nederstood also that the supply of of furrantine the pathe have formed a enn. for pastures now away from the beaten team which made the beauty of this tema brushwood obtained by the villagers has venient hose fon masogroment and for tooks about Chios or Jupani me tary justly famous were broken short of been the cause of reducing theft of pine marking up the numbers of the planting, Bouls are being provided on the foreshore

by the wind and killed,

Banks. The mujority of the large pine concerned.

wood in neighbourhood of the villages sections, etc., in positions where they a, and will line all the new Praya extensio treas which added so much to the poture-

readily be found by the forests in que appearance of the main entrance of Government House were killed.

Street Trees. The large bantins border the roads especially in the central district received unprecedented punishment. The Ettur of branches: was in suma plažba ́s

nges which" follow afforestation, should in R→ Clearing undergrowth round houwer. dense tangis 12 feet deep filling the whole time have the effect of creating an fatal. road. It took "about 100 zawn, with axsa and saws from daylight until 11 o'clock on ligent appreciation of and respect for the the murning following the typhoon ta olour plantations

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ome of the village of Tai fang under Ordinance 14 of tions immediately surrou, ding 10 Consid. free broughs into any It proved more: Esen, with the

1888, which was to be discontinued owing ruble pington has xiready been made comful to shy other remedy or treats, the Sanitary Department it to cassation of stooling is January, had to with this work and from the experience mont, and has for thirty six frank maine was more than a week before all the debris remain in force during the year owing to a thus gained it in anticipated that the whole, tained Leaf r oord. Mine aluminiu out of was removed from the streets... It is not report of farther damage to the Crown n be completed at least one year fer will recommend it when their opinion posible to mve more than a small pro plantation round the village in Mateb. without exim expense to the Government, ja makei sitiosat they hare other meth portion of it for sale and recourse tad to be

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