8s4 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [May i, 1884. 



36 cabinets, and the collection of drawings in two more ; ia the onter are the general (foreign) 

 collections in 34 cabinets and in many bundles waiting proper accommodation. 



To tlie former, additions have been made from many parts of the Island, especially from the 

 Adam's Peak district and the country north of Kuruni'gala, both visited by me, and from the 

 peninsula of Kalpiti^a thoroughly explored by the plant collectors. 



The rough arrangement of the general herbarium into genera in accordance with the 

 "Genera Plantarum" of Benthamand Hooker (now happily completed) has been finished during the 

 year, and the large accumulations of plants from many parts of the world have been gone through, 

 sorted, and intercalated in their places. I have been very greatly assisted in this and in the 

 herbarium work generally by Mr. W. de Alwis, the draftsman of the establishment. 



Twelve additional cabinets have been added during tlie year. 



The priucipsil additions to the general herbarium have been : — 219 species of exotic ferns, 

 all additional to those in the herbarium, from G. Wall, Esq., F.L.S., and 71 species of jilants from 

 Perak collected by G. Wray, junior, from Sir H. Low, K.('.M.G. 



The collection of drawings has been increased by 2S, made during the year. With the 

 object of the better preservation of this fine series of original illustrations of the Ceylon flora, I 

 have had the whole mounted on cartridge paper uniform in size with the herbarium, and placed 

 in covers. 



Librari/. — The condition of the books is giving me some concern. The library is a pretty 

 extensive one and well selected, containing many rare and some very valuable works; but from 

 having l)een always kept on open shelves exposed to the alternate damp and desiccation of the 

 seasons and the depredations of insects, many books are much damaged and have more or less 

 fallen to pieces. From time to time I have had some of the most valuable or most used rebound, 

 but it has never been i)ossible to atford really solid and sul)stantial binding for the large majority. 

 To prevent further deterioration, it is necessary that the books be kept in locked glass-fronted cases, 

 the best preservative in this climate, and 1 hope that provision for this not heavy expense may be 

 made in the coming year. 



The following additions have been made to the library during the year : — 



Beatham and Hooker, C4enera Plantarum, Vol. IH., Part 2, 1883 (completing the work). 



Ilottboll, Desc. et Icon. nov. plant, ilhist. Lib. primum, 1773. 



Ketzuis, Observationes Botauicjv, 1779-91. 



Vahl, Symbolaj Bot.auic£e, 1790-94. 



De Cauilolle, A., an 1 others, Mouographiaj Phanerogamarnm, Vol. lY. & Vol. V., Part 1, 1883. 



Elliot, Flora AnJhrica, 1859. 



Hooker, J D., and others, Flora of British India, Parts 9 and 10, 1882-83. (Presented.) 



Hasskarl, Oat. Plant in Hort. Bot. Bogoriensi cult, alter, lr544. 



Howard, Qiiiuology of the E. Indian Plantations, 1869-76. 



Cross, Report of .Mission to South America in 1877-7<S [to collect Santa Fe and Carthagena • 

 barks], 1879. (Presented.) 



Walker, C, Keport of Government Cinchona Plantations [in NilgirisJ, and Cinchona Com- 

 mittee's Report, 1878. (Presented.) 



Trimeu, Report [to M.adras Government] on Government Cinchona Plantations, 1883. (Pre- 

 sented.) 



•Tenman, Report on some India Rubber ami Gutta Percha Trees of British Guiana. [Ilevea 

 Spruceana and Mimusops Balata], 1882 ? (Presented.) 



Acta Horti Bot. Pefropoliiani, Vol, VIII., Part 1 (in continuation). (Presented.) 



Guilfoyle, Catalogue of Plants in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 1883. (Presented.) 



Brandis, Suggestions for Forest Administration in the Madras Presidency, 1883. (Presented.) 



Hutchins, D. E., Reports on Measurements of Growth of Australian Trees in the Nilgiris, 1883. 

 (Presented.) 



Grigg, Manual of the Nilgiri District, 1880. (Presented.) 



Moore, F., Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Parts 6 and 7. (Presented.) 



Baden-Powell, Manual of the Land Revemio System and Land Tenures of British India, I8S2. 

 (Presented.) 



Also, in continuation, the following Periodical Publications for 1S83 : — 



Botanical Magazine, Gardener's Chronicle, Indian Forester, Journal of Botany (presented), 

 Pharmaceutical Journal (presented). Planters' Gazette (presented). Tropical Agriculturist. 



