468 FETCH : 



was Rs. 15 per thousand. Since 1899, the Botanic Gardens 

 seed has formed only a small fraction of the available 

 seed crop of Ceylon, the bulk of the enormous quantities 

 which have been exported to all parts of the world being 

 derived from those estates which planted Hevea from 1883 

 onwards. 



From 1898 to within recent years the Hevea seed crop of 

 the Botanic Gardens has averaged about 150,000 seeds, 

 though 250,000 were said to have been distributed in 1902. 

 This, of course, does not include the crop of the more recently 

 planted Hevea (10 acres) on the Experiment Station at 

 Peradenij^a. 



Among the early purchasers of seeds are the following : — 

 In 1891, Arapolakande, Elpitiya, Gikiyanakande, Hanwella, 

 Hylton, Vellaioya, Seenigoda, Vogan, Woodslie ; R. J. Far- 

 quharson (? Kepitigalla), J. Murton, C. Byrde, T. C. Huxley. 

 In 1893, Arampola, Arapolakande, Beredewela, Coorundoo- 

 watte, Crurie, Dcegala, Deviturai, East Gourekelle, Elpitiya, 

 Elston, Glenrhos, Glendon, Greenwood, Ingiriya, Ingurugalla, 

 Kaluganga, Kondesale, Kumarudola, Kotij^agala, Narthapane, 

 Putupaula, Seenigoda, St. Leonards-ou-Sea, Tudugalla, Udam 

 mita, Wariagalla, Yataderia ; Aitken, Spence & Co., H. 

 Creasy, J. Murton. Seeds were issued free to the Assistant 

 Government Agent, Matara. In 1894, AlUawatte, Arapola- 

 kande, Cocoawatte, Birkin, Doranakande, Gikiyanakande, 

 Gouiekelle, Goonambil, Halwatura, Kelani, Kitulkelle, 

 Kumaradola, Maddegedera, Mortlako, New Peradoniya, 

 Pambagama, Passara, Polatagama. Ratnatcnne, Palikerewa 

 (?), Sunnj^croft, Tudugalla, Watagoda, Wariapola, Yataderiya, 

 Yellangowric ; Eastern Produce and Estates Co., A. de Soyza, 

 J. W. Orchard. 



In 189G it was repoi-ted that Halwatura had 50,000 plants, 

 which had been planted out the previous year {T. A., XV., 

 p. 784). In 1898 Arapolakande was said to possess trees ten 

 years old {T. A., XVII., p. 854). The Kalutara Co. put out 

 10,000 plants in 1808 {T, A., XVIII., p. 019), and Yataderia 

 added 13,000 to their previous stock in the same year {T. A.. 

 XVITI.. ].. r,32). Culloden had 30,000 trees in 1898 [T. A. 

 XVH., p. S32). 



