October i, 1885.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



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■Witb regard to the local consumption, there is no data 

 available to enable us to say with certainty what 

 quantity is consumed, but I find in 1877 there were 

 87,000 lb of China Tea imported into the Island, and 

 when it is considered that the Burgher and Native 

 population, who a few years ago drank Coffee, now 

 consume Tea, I think it is reasonable to suppose that 

 the local consumption will rise to 200,000 lb by 188S . 



H. K. EUTHEEFOED. 



17th July, 1885. 



CEYLON TEA CROPS. 



Shewin gyield per acre from the year 1882. 

 1882. 

 Acres. lb. Exported. 



Planted previous to.. ./SO 5,600 (gt 1251b. peraere 687,500 

 ,, durinS ... SO 2,774 Not in beariDg 



1,000 Seed 



Acres at eud of 



.../30 9,274 



Local consumptiou say 64,203 



1883. 62.3,29 



Planted previous to.../81 8,274 @ 193 lb. per acre 1,596.832 

 „ during .../81 3,726 Not in bearing 



1,5C0 Seed 



Acres at end of 



, 81 13,500 



Local cousumption say 74,000 



1884. 1,522.882 



Planted previous to.. .,'82 12,000 @ 1971b. peraere 2,364,000 

 .;82 7,000 Not in bearing 



2,000 Seed 



during 

 Acres at end of 



Plantedprevious to. 

 ,, during 



Acres at end of 



.../82 21.000 



Local consumption say 101,161 



2,26,-5392 

 1885. 

 .IBS 19,000® 210 lb. per acre 3,990,000 

 .../S3 11,000 Not inbeariog 



2,000 Seed 



...,'83 32,000 



Local consumption say 110,000 



Probable Export. 3,880,000 



Tea 4 years old and up- 

 wards 

 3 to 4 years 

 2 to 3 „ 

 Not in bearing planted 



1884 

 Seed 



PROBABLE YIELDS. 

 1885—1886. 



Yield per 

 Acres. acre. 



Export. 



12,000 at 310 

 7,000 220 



11.000 



39,000 

 3,000 



100 



3,720,000 

 1,540,000 

 1,100,000 



72,000 

 Local consumption, say 



6,360,000 

 130,000 



5 years old aud up- 

 wards 



4 to 5 years 



3tol „ 



ato3 „ - ... 



Not in bearing, planted 

 1885 ... 



Seed 



1886-1867. 



6,230,000 



12,000 at 320 

 7,000 280 



11,000 

 30,000 



30,000 

 2,000 



220 

 100 



3,840.000 

 1,960,000 

 2.420,000 

 3,900,000 



102,000 

 Local consumptiou, say 



12,120,000 

 160,000 



€ years old and up- 

 wards ... 

 5to6years 

 4 to 5 „ 

 3to 4 „ 

 2 to 3 „ 



1887-1888. 

 12,000 at 330 



11,960,000 



7,000 

 11.000 

 39,000 

 30,000 



310 

 2H0 

 220 

 100 



3,960,000 

 2,170,000 

 3,080,1100 

 8,5S0,000 

 3,000,000 



Local consumption, say 

 —Ceylon Advertiser. 



20,800,000 

 200,000 



20,600,000 



PLANTING IN JAVA: TOBACCO. 

 (Translated for the "Straits Times,") 



To show the scant encouragement givea to Europ- 

 ean plantation enterprise in Java, a correspondent 

 draws attention in the Locotnoikf of the let July, 

 to the circumstance that, recently, a Chinaman was 

 granted by Government 1,000 bouws of land South 

 of Lumajang for tobacco growing, from its being 

 remarliable that, in such applications for waste land, 

 Chinese meet with scarcely any hindrances in their 

 way, whereas Europeans too often have to wait for 

 months and even years before decision are come to 

 on their applications. 



On the 4th July, so says the Locomotief, trials 

 were made in experimental gardens at Samarang 

 with a Dutch plough drawn by buffaloes and 

 managed by Ja-anese under European supervision. 

 The experiments were so far successful as to show 

 that one bouw of land can be ploughed in a single 

 day at a saving of sixty guilders per bouw com- 

 pared with the customary method — a lessening o£ 

 outlay by no means to be despised. Next yearj 

 ploughs of the same pattern will be set to work on 

 to estates in Java. 



ROSESi REAL AND IDEAL. 



It was Coleridge, we believe, who remarked how 

 inimitably graceful children are before they leara 

 to dance. Some such sentiment is aroused by the 

 contemplation of what are known as florist's flowers, 

 particulary by certain forms of the modern roso 

 exhibited at the show of the National Hose Society. 

 The poets' flower lias suffered strange transmut- 

 ation by scientific culture. Legitimate progress in 

 its develo]pment has long since touched its ultim- 

 ate point, aud in all descriptions save teas the long- 

 suifering rose is being vulgarized. In colour, in 

 form, in odour, the process is well marked. In 

 some mere size is the aim, grossness the result. In 

 others, cold, crude purple tones mingle with dull 

 crimson, with fleshy petals almost scentless. Roses 

 are seldom rosy nowadays, and one goes far to fiud 

 the "roses blushing as they blow" of the Elizabethan 

 poet. In truth, they blush little and flaunt 

 much, with a stiff peacock pride from the broom- 

 stick heights of standard briars. Not merely in 

 the individual bloom, but in foliage and in habit, 

 have esthetic principles been violated by florists. 

 Reaction will doubtless come, but protest is delayed 

 by the caprice of fashion, which tends to favour 

 current artifice. 



In old novels the hero is much given to "pull- 

 ing" a rose and presenting it courteously to the 

 heroine. With the modern rose he would find it a 

 hard matter unless armed with a knife, while the 

 monstrous growth would embarrass the maiden's 

 bosom. If ever the more beautiful and shapely 

 forms are stamped out by modern improvement, 

 the many allusions to the rose in our poetic litera- 

 ture will need annotation. The roses raved of by 

 Laura Matilda are scarcely known. Cowper's rose 

 that was " washed, just washed by a shower," 

 was probably a cabbage-rose, or some old allied 

 form. The famous bower by Bendemeer's stream 

 was formed of some delieately-petalled variety akin 

 to the China type. Tliese and the " damask 

 roses " of Herrick now linger in quiet old gardens, 

 together with the sweet produce of Provence, the 

 elegant rose of Japan, the Austrian briars, the 

 quaint York and Lancaster — "part rosylike, part 

 candidate" — and many another old-world growth. 

 AH these made a shy ehow at South Kensington, 

 but they were hopelessly routed in the estimate of 



