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11. G. Fraser (Acting) (March-December, 1849) 
12. George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1850-1857) 
Directors (Curators): 
13. George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1857-1880) 
14. Henry Trimen (1880-1896) 
15. J. C. Willis (1896-1912) 
16. H. F. Macmillan (1912-1913) 
Vacant, Spring 1913-1914 
17. T. H. Parsons (1914— ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily. Source of Income: 
Government appropriations. Library: The old Royal Botanic 
Gardens Library was merged with the Department of Agriculture 
General Library in 1912. Museum: Contains a collection of eco- 
nomic plants of Ceylon. Herbarium: A general Herbarium in 
which the Ceylon indigenous, Ceylon cultivated, and foreign speci- 
mens are in separate covers. Arboretum: 55 acres established in 
1914, a Palmetum of 5 acres in 1916, a Pinetum o acres in 
1921. Research Laboratory. Publications: Trimen has published 
a Catalogue of plants growing in the Gardens, also a “ Hand- 
Guide to Peradeniya Gardens,” which has passed through five 
editions. An “ Alphabetical List of Plants Growing in the Gar- 
dens” was published in 1926, and a revision of the “‘ Hand-Guide 
to Peradeniya Gardens” in 1927, Parsons. “ Annals of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya,” established in 1901. 
“Journal of Pure and Applied Botany,” containing chiefly the 
results of work done wholly or in part in the laboratories and 
herbarium of the Ceylon Garden, or upon materials supplied by 
the Garden. Also a “ Circular,” published at intervals. Branch 
gardens: There is a branch garden on the mountain at Hakgala, 
containing a large reserved area of both jungle and grass, and a 
collection of plants from Europe, Australia, South Africa, the 
Himalayas, and other tropical mountains. It also contains a small 
laboratory with living accommodations, and a small herbarium of 
the local flora and plants cultivated in the garden. There is also 
a Branch Garden at Heneratgoda, three hours ride from Pera- 
deniya, and lying nearly at sea level. (See Gampaha.) Branch 
Gardens at Badulla, on the eastern side of the mountains, estab- 
lished, 1886; and a fourth at Anuradhapura, on the north side of 
the Island, established in 1883, were closed in 1906 when it was 
decided that the Department should devote greater attention to 
economic work and to agriculture. 
