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variegated with white and tinted with rose, very fine; Oritouishiki, 

 digitate-palmate, deeply serrated, green, variegated with cream and 

 rose ; Sangotsu, digitate, colour pale green, shaded with bronze-red, 

 very pretty ; Taimennishiki, digitate, rich purple, irregularly blotched 

 with rose and white, very distinct and beautiful ; Tanivuki, digitate, 

 serrated, with edges curved upwards, dark green, habit dwarf, very 

 distinct and curious ; Tovamanishiki, deeply dissected, purple-bronze, 

 white and rose, fern-like, exceedingly beautiful ; and Uribauishiki, 

 dark green, edged and mottled with white, distinct and very pleasing. 

 — Land and Water. 



ABOUT INDIAN FOREST MATTERS. 



Forest Legislation in Ceylox. — Sir Arthur Gordon, in opening 

 the Ceylon Legislative Council on 15tli October, stated that an 

 Ordinance for the better management of the Crown Forests is in 

 course of pi'eparation, framed in general accordance with the 

 recommendations contained in Mr. Vincent's report. This measure 

 is expected to be introduced ere the rising of the present session. 

 The Indian Forester trusts that the measure will be on the lines of 

 the Burmah Forest Act. 



Fkuit-Tkees in Madkas.— Some of tlie coffee-planters of the 

 Madras Presidency have begun to replace that somewhat disappoint- 

 ing shrub by fruit-trees, such as mangoes and oranges. 



■ Ceylon Eubber Cultivation. — At the Agri-Horticultural Society 

 of Madras, the following extract from a Ceylon letter was read : — 

 Three days' successive tapping of a ceara rubber-tree of six years of 

 age gave S^ oz. dried rubber. The operation can be done twice a 

 year. Ceylon ceara rubber has already been valued in London at 

 3s. to 4s. per pound. Three hundred ceara trees to the acre at 12 

 feet apart, at one pound rubber per tree, gives a profit of over 5 

 per cent. The quantity of rubber increases yearly with the age of 

 the tree ; but it is not advisable to tap ceara trees under five 

 years of age. 



The Indian and European Forest Services. — The Indian Pioneer 

 institutes a comparison betwixt the financial results of the French 

 and Indian Forest Administrations. In France the figures of 

 revenue and exjjcnditure as quoted by Dr. Erandis amounted to 

 £1,405,104 and £641,508, leaving a surplus of £763,596; 

 while the Indian forest revenue during the past official year 

 amounted to £1,040,000, and the charges to about £600,000. 

 The French State forests cover less than 4000, while those under 



