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(see letter No. 6.5 to Coloaial Secretary), and then suggested that the BaduUa garden might be 

 conveniently placed under the ordinary supervision of the Superintendent of Hakgala ; and this 

 avrangemeut I would still support. 



" 1 am averse to frittering away money by the opening of numerous branch gardens, and the 

 foundation of one at BaduUa would complete the number of those which are really needed by the 

 Colony. A suitable piece of Crown land could doubtless be found, and the annual cost of main- 

 tenance would be about Rs. 1,500. 



II. — Inteechange of Plants and Seeds. 



The usual mutual exchanges have been carried on with the British and Foreign Botanical 

 Establishments with which we have relations. During the past year we have received Wardian 

 cases of plants from the gardens at Kew (4 cases), Calcutta (-1 cases), Madras, Ootacamund, 

 Siugapore (2 cases), Buitenzorg, Brisbane (2 cases). 



Boxes and packets of seeds have been received herefrom the followiug Botanic Gardens : — 

 Kew, Dublin, Calcutta, Madras, Ootacamund, Hongkong, Mauritius, Natal, Brisbane, Jamaica, 

 Demerara, and St. Petersburg. Also from the Colonial Secretary, Fiji; H.B.M.'s Resident, Perak; 

 the Su[)erintendent of Port Blair, Andamans; the Conservators of Forests, Moulmein and Nellore; 

 and the Superintendent of Government Farms, Saidapet. I have also to thank SirF. von Muller 

 (Melbourne), and Messrs. L. B. von Donop (N. Borneo), H. Purvis (Hawaii), and T, Christy 

 (Liindon), for seeds, as well as Messrs. Veitch, Messrs. Barr and Sugden, and Mr. Roberts, of 

 Melbourne. 



AVe have despatched from the gardens Wardian cases of rare plants to the establishments 

 at Kew (4 cases), Calcutta (2 cases), Singapore, Moulmein, and Brisbane, to Mr. T. J. Ferguson 

 (Calicut) on behalf of Madras Government (2 cases), and to Mr. J. Costeker (Philippine Islands), 

 for the Manila garden. 



My thanks are due to the Agents of the P. & 0. and B. I. S. N. Companies for free freight 

 of cases addressed to or from these gardens and other similar establishments. 



Packets of seeds have been sent out to the Botanic Gardens at Kew, Madras, Singapore, 

 Hongkong, Manilla, Buitenzorg, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Jamaica, Demerara and Rio ; to 

 the lion. J. 15. Thurston, C'olouial Secretary, Fiji ; Sir H. Low, H. B. M.'s Resident, Perak ; Sir J. 

 Kirk, IT. B. M.'s Consul-General, Zanzibar ; the Conservator of Forests, Assam, &c. 



As usual, plants, seeds and cuttings have been supplied to Government ofhcials in Ceylon, 

 free of charge — to the Government Agents of Kandy, Kurunegala, Ratnajiura and Matal(5 ; for 

 the grounds of the Colombo Museum, a large collection ; for the Police Barracks, Kandy, &c. 



I have to acknriwledge with thanks plants and seeds f]'om the following residents iti the 

 Colony:— Sir J. Douglas, k.C.M.G., Hon. B. L. Burnside, Hon. A. L. de Alwis, Hon. J. F. 

 Dickson, C.M.G., Mrs. Baker, and Messrs. D. BIyth, W. D. Bosanquet, P. Braine, J. Cotton, 

 W. 1. Cotton, W. Ferguson, F.L.S., T. Gibson, A. Herfft, T. C. Huxley, A. R. Lewis, F. C. Loos, 

 Rev. G. W. R. Mackenzie, C. A. Murray, C.C.S.,H. Nevill, C.C.S., J. V. H. Owen, H. S. Sauuders, 

 S. M. Kay Shuttleworth, A. Whyte, E. Woodhouse, J, H. Wright, Messrs. Lee, Hedges & Co., 

 and the Ceylon Company, Limited. 



III.— Additions to the Collections. 



These lists, in continuation of those in my former reports, contain the principal exotic 

 species added to the gardens during the year. Only those are entered which seem to be satis- 

 factorily established here. 



During my visit to Southern India I visited the garden of the Agri-Horticultural Society 

 at Madras and the Government Garden at Ootacamund, and made out lists of our desiderata 

 which they contained. Many of these I have since had the pleasure of receiving and planting 

 in Peradeniya and Hakgala gardens. 



1. — Peradeniya and Henaratgoda Gardens. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 

 Bocai/ea (Oxandra) riryata. (Rich.) Laiice-wootl. Jamaica, Cuba. (Kew.) 

 Oncoha s])hiosa, Forsk. 'Irop. Afric.i, Arabia.. Fniit ediVde (Kew.) 

 Marcyraavid vmhcUata, L. W. Indies, Vinczntda (Kew ) 



Uterculia rupcstris, Beutli. {Dehbeckea, Liudl.) Bottle-tree. Qnocuslaud. (Bri.-bauo.^ 

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