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The above are the names under which the species have been 

 introduced. 



In 1881 a plant named Hevea Sfruceana was received from 

 British Guiana, but did not survive. In 1883 18 plants were 

 sent under the same name from Kew, and were planted out 

 at Henaratgoda. In 1884 it was recorded that only 2 of 

 these were alive, and these died in the following year. It is 

 now known that these jilants were not Hevea Spruceana Muell. 

 Arg., but Hevea confusa Hemsl. 



A few trees of Funtumia elastica have been planted on 

 estates, but more or less as curiosities. In Cej'^lon this species 

 periodically defoliated by caterpillars, and its cultivation on 

 a large scale, even if desirable, would be almost impracticable. 



Landolphia Kirkii was planted on Pleasure Giound and 

 Kemiington estates in the Kelani Valley in the early eighties. 

 The plants were cut out in 1887-88. 



In the early years of the present century Ficus elastica was 

 planted on estates in the Kelani Valley and Kurunegala 

 Districts, but was subsequently replaced by Hevea. 



During 1911-12 Sajnum TJiomsoni has been introduced into 

 Ceylon by private enterprise. 



Addendum. 



Wliile this account was in the press, a note has appeared in the 

 Kew Bulletin (No. 4, 1914) in which doubt is expressed that the 

 plants collected by Cross ever became fit to send to Asia. The 

 statement that the plants sent m 1877 were Cross's was fii-st made 

 by Triinen in 1881, on data furnished by Kew, and it has hitherto 

 been universally accejjted. On referring to the memoranda on 

 wliicli I'rimon may have based his statement, they are found to 

 \yo KomeNvliat contradictory. The sentences, *'By the time these 

 readied us we had done with Pnrn rubber," and "We saved, I 

 think, a Wardian easeful so as to do justice to Cross," would appear 

 to supjKjrl Trimen's conclusions, but the same letter certainly 

 hXaUv. *' the 2.000 plants sent to Ceylon were all raised from seed 

 obtuinod from Wiekham." Possibly Trimen look \\\r latter to 

 refer to the first eonsiffnment only. 



It may be not<>d that the Kew Report for 1877 states that 

 "success will dejiend mainly on the plants raised from the seed 

 lirouKlit home by Mr. Wiekham," and Sir W. Thisolton Dyer, in 

 1878, wrote that Cniss's plants "contributed but little to oin: 

 resources for distribution" (italicH mine — T. 1'.). But no one has 

 hitlierto Hll«ged that they were never distributed. • 



