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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [June i, 1887. 



Saxifraga Aizoon, L. Europe. (Cambridge.) 



S. .sarmentosa, L. China aud Japan. (A 0. Lawrie.) 



Eoheveria, sp. (Oapt. Bayley.) 



Melaleuca i^arviflora, Lindl. W. Australia. (J. P. 



William Bros:) 

 Cuphea miniata (Lady (rordou and Mrs. Baker.) 

 Eucalyptus crebra, F. Muell. Australia. (Kew.) 

 E. resiuifera, Sm. N. S. Wales, Queensland. (Kew.) 

 E. reguans. (Melbourne.) 

 Begonia Kex, several vars. (T. C. Huxley.) 

 Epiphyllum, sp. (^Irs. Grinlinton.) 

 Cereus, sp. (Mrs. Grinlinton.) 

 Mesembryantheaium crystallinum, L. Mediterranean. 



(G. W. Wood.) 

 Cornus capitata, Wall. (Benthamia fragifera Lindl.) 



Himalaya. (Kew.) 

 Scabiosa columbaria, L. Europe. (Cambridge.) 

 Bellis jjerennis, L. Commoa Daisy. Europe. (0. 



Badger.) 

 Antennavia Leontopodium, G. " Edelweiss." Euro- 

 pean Alps. (Mrs. Baker.) 

 Oentaurea macrophylla. (Cambridge.) 

 C. nigra, L. Knapweed, Europe f Cambridge.) 

 Chrysanthemum indicum, several vars. (T. C . 



Huxley ) 

 Clintonia pulchella, Lindl. California. (Lady Gordon.) 

 Specularia Speculum, DC. Europe. (Cambridge.) 

 Erici ventrieosa (?) (T. Hanbury.) 

 Azalea, .sp. (Capt. Bayley.) 



Primula sinensis, var. splendens. (T. Hanbury.) 

 Primula sinensis, var. rubro-tigrinum. (T. Hanbury.) 

 Myrsine variabilis, E. Br. E. Australia.) (J. P. 



William Bros.) 

 Phlox speeiosa, several vars. (T. C. Hu.'iley and A. 



White.) 

 Anchusa italica, Ketz. S. Europe. (Lady Gardon and 



Mrs. Baker.) 

 Solanum ■ vicularp, Guill. New Zealand, Tasmania, 



8. Australia. (H. Tr.ivers.) 

 Schizanthus papilionaceus, Hort. Chili. (Cambridge,) 

 Verbascum olympicum. iC^imbridge.) 

 Linaria purpurea, Will. Italy. (J. Gray.) 

 i'entstemon ovatus, Doug. N. America. (Cambridge.) 

 Collinsia bicolor, Benth. IDalcutta. (Oamhridfje.) 

 Veronica longifolia, Linn. S. Europe. (Cambridge.) 

 Achimenes. sp. (jMrs. Jeffries.) 

 Achimenes, sp., double. (Ci.pt. Bayley.) 

 Gesnera bu'.bosa (?) (Mrs. Jeffreys.) 

 Oatalpa Krempferi, S. & s; . .lapan. (T. Hanbury.) 

 Halvia camphorata. (T. Hanbury.) 

 t>. hispanica, L. America. (T, Hanbury.) 

 S. interrupta. (T. Hanbury.) 



S. canariensis, Linn. Canary Islanda. (T. Hanbury.) 

 Coleus, several garden vars. (A. C. ].,iwrie.) 

 Cryptocarya glaucescens, R. Br. Queensland, N. S. 



Wales. (J. P. ^^'illiam Bros.) 

 Kesodaphne Tawa, Hk. f . New Zealand. (H. Travers. ) 

 Araucaria imbricata,Pav. " Puzzle Monkey." S. Chili 



(Haage & Schmidt.) 

 Picea Fraseri, Loud. Carolina. (Kew.) 

 Abies Smithiana, Forbes. W^. Himalaya. (Kew.) 

 Pinus Strobus, Linn. N. America. (Kew.) 



Monocotyledons. 



Dendrobium nobile, Lindl. China (T. C Huxley.) 

 D., sp. (T. C. Huxley.) 



Phala*nop.sis grandiflora, Lindl. .Tava. (A. 0. Lawrie,) 

 Freesia Leichtlini, Klatt. Cape. (T. C. Huxley.) 

 Crinum, sp. (W. J. Cotton.) 

 Agave Xalaapensi.s. (T. Hanbury.) 

 A. xylinacantha, var. univitatta (T. Hambury.) 

 Commelyua ccelestis. (Mrs. Baker.) 

 Also bulbs of Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, kc, from 

 W. Jordan, 



9. — Herbarium and Library. 



Herhnrivm.—'DMTmg my absence the opportunity 

 was taken of going through, cleaning and sorting all 

 the duplicate .specimens of the ''C. P." (Ceylon 

 Plants) series, and re-arranging them under covers 

 for easy access, in accordance with my new Catalogue 

 of the Ceylon Flora. This has been completed during 

 the year by the draughtsman, who acts also as keeper 

 of the herbarium, Twelve new cabinets have beeu 



set up, and the duplicates accommodated in them ; 

 it is a great convenience to have them thus readily 

 accessible, and iu a parallel series with the herbarium 

 itself. Aa time serves 1 am incorporating with these 

 the numerous duplicates which have accumulated since 

 I took charge of the Department, hitherto separately 

 arranged. 



The late Muhamdirara made several collecting ex- 

 peditions in the earlier half of the year, and on two 

 occasions was accompanied by the draughtsman 

 several interesting and a few new plants were dis- 

 covered, preserved, and sketched on these excursions. 



In all, the draughtsman completed fifty-eight draw- 

 ings of phuits during the year, in addition to seven 

 arge drawings of estate products, which were ex- 

 hibited at the Exhibition iu London, aud subsequently 

 presented to the Museum of Economic Botany at 

 Kew. 



The additions to the General Herbarium have been : — 

 From the Kew Herbarium :— 1 1) A collection of plants 



from Penang, collected by Curtis; (2) miscel- 

 laneous plants from the East. 

 From Dr. G. Watt, Calcutta, a collection of plants 



fron Munipur. 

 From Dr. G. King, Calcutta, a valuable serious of 



named specimens of Ficus. 

 From Dr. Engler, Breslau, Nos. 1 to 200 of his 



" Araceaj exsiccatce." 

 LibniTi/. — The following books have been added 



during the year, many of which I purchased, 



cheaply during my stay in London : — 

 Clarke, B., New Arrangement of Phanerogamous 



Plants, third ed., 188G. 

 Miquel, De vero Pipere Cubeba, 1839 

 Kegel, Monogr. gen. Eremostachys, 1886. (Presenled.) 

 Trimen, Systematic Catalogue of Plants of Ceylon 



1885. ( Presenter/.) 

 Hooker, J. D., llora of British India, pt. 13, 188G. 



{Presented.) 

 Hoilingsworth, Lists of Plants found in Guindy Park 



and in the Grounds of Government House, Madras 



188G. {Premited.) 

 Seemann, Flora Yitiensis, 18(15^73. 

 Lunan, Hortus .Tamaicen.«.is, 2 vols., 1814. 

 De Candolle, A., Origin of Cultivated Plants. English 



Edition, 1884. 

 Church, A. H., The Food Grains of India, 188G. 

 Acta Hort. Petropolitani, vol. IX., pt. 2, 18S6. 



{Presented.) 

 Icones Plantarum, Ser. 3, vol. VI, pt. 2, and vol. VII, 



pts. 1,2, and 3. 

 Thompson's Gardener's Assistant, edited by T.Moore 



1884. 

 N ilmorin-Andrieux, The Vegetable Garden. Eng- 



li.'-h Edition, ISS.i. 

 Wiliiams, Orchid Grower'? Manual, edition 6, 1885. 

 Bull, W., A set of his Annual Ketail Lists from 



1870 to 1885, wanting 1871 and 1874. (Presented.) 

 Plukenet, Opera omnia, 4 vols., reprint, 17G9. 

 Dillenius Hortus Elthamensis, 2 vols., 1732. 

 Hart, Botanist's Eamble in Central America, 1886. 



(Presented.) 

 Moore, Lepidoptera of Ceylon, pts. 11 and 12 



(Presrnted.) 



^Luseum. — I was much occupied in the early months 

 of the j'ear with the formation of a set of wood 

 specimens for the (.'olonial and Indian Exhibition. The 

 actual number ultimately selected ami esliibited was 

 243, no duplicates or doubtfuUj' identified specimens 

 being sent home. As I anticipated, I was also able 

 to supply a set of 126 numbered .specimens in the 

 rough to the Colombo Museum, which were sent there 

 in September, ami I have left a .•iomewhat larger 

 series — many of which arf, however, duplicati-s of 

 one another, or doubtfully determined — :it I'eradeniya. 

 I purpose at once to arrange these here as a nucleus 

 of the long-contemplated economic intiseinn. They 

 will form a good substantial commencement, and can 

 be set up without nnich expense, but nothing can 

 be done for the conservation of more perishable objects 

 until some expenditure can be sanctioned for glass- 

 fronted, well-made cabinets and glass-stoppered bottles. 



