296 
Dipteroc apie tuberculaius, Roxb., sae other species of the same 
genus, the timber of which is known “En ‘Yang Teak,’’ 
&c. This wood is imported from Baa See K.B. Add. Ser, 
ix. part i. p. 519. 
Jarrah (Hucalyptus marginata, Sm.). 
Britisu.—Western Australia. 
A very hard, heavy, and durable wood of a rich red colour. It 
is used for paving blocks, counter Beli piling and quay work, 
sleepers, fences, and other purposes. Posts insertec in the 
aL a have a very long life. Par other particulars see A.B. 
. 219. 
1897, 
Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor, F. Muell.). 
Britisu.—Western Australia. 
Used for purposes similar to those of Jarrah. 
Blue Gum (Lucalyptus Globulus, Lab.). 
Britisn.—Tasmania. 
The timber is used for heavy building wor k, as if is very strong 
and durable, and can be procured in large sizes. This tree and 
other species of Eucalyptus are used for forest planting in S. 
Africa, British Central Africa, New Zealand, and other countries, 
but they are too tender for general culture in the British Isles. 
Further particulars are given in A.B. 1903, p. 
XXVIII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTE. 
eylon Agricultural Leaflets.—A new series of leaflets is 
beta issued by the Department of Agriculture, Ceylon. They 
are illustrated, quarto in size, and are en ned by the writers who 
are experts in their respective subject 
No. 3 deals with the Fluted Scale, one of the most beautiful 
and conspicuous of all scale insects, and No. 2 with Black Rot 
of Tea. The latter, described by JT. Petch, is caused by the 
sterile mycelium of a Sy anes of H. ypochnus. It is of special 
interest in that it is a new disease which has apparently only 
quite recently spread Bike the jungle to the tea plant. The Shot- 
hole Borer of Tea, w hich also attacks several of the plants _ 
for green manur ing, is described and illustrated in Leaflet 
Leaflet No. 5 deals with the cultivation of food products, vee 
tables, and curry stuffs, and should serve to encourage the local 
cultivation of these produc ‘ts which is so necessary at the present 
time. The leaflets should prove of conamera ne practical value. 
