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Bureau of Mycology (Fungi); Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Chicago 
(Kuphorbiaceae); Mr. J. Parkin (Phylogeny); Mr. W. R. Price 
(Formosan plants); Mrs. E. M. Reid and Miss M. E. J. Chand- 
ler (fossil fruits and seeds); Mr. H. N. Ridley (Flora of Malay 
Peninsula and Islands); Mr. L. A. Riley (South American plants) ; 
Rev. F. A. Rogers (Tropical and South African plants); Prof. 
Seiya Ito, Sapporo (Japanese Fungi); Dr. Perley Spaulding, 
Washington (Forest Pathology); Dr. O. Stapf (Tropical African 
Gramineae and Botanical Magazine); Prof. D. Thoday (South 
African Thymelaeaceae); Mr. Edgar Thurston (Cornish flora) ; 
Dr. W. Trelease (Piperaceae); Dr. J. G. Walker, Madison, Wise. 
(pathology); Mr. E. H. Wilson (Chinese plants). 
In addition to the above, the staff employed on the compilation 
of the Royal Horticultural Society’s new edition of Pritzel’s 
Index Iconum, under the direction of the Editor, Dr. O. Stapf, 
has been accommodated in the Herbarium and the preparation of 
the Plates and text of the Botanical Magazine has also been 
carried out mainly in The Berborinm and Library. . 
Peradeniya, New Laboratories. — In Kew Bulletin, 1922, 
p. 207, in commenting on the centenary of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, reference was made to the long 
and interesting record of research which had been carried out not 
only by the resident staff of the Department, but also by many 
well-known visitors. 
It is therefore very gratifying to learn that the special attention 
which H.E. the Governor, Sir William Manning, has devoted to 
the prosecution of the agricultural interests of the country has 
resulted in the erection and equipment of two up-to-date 
laboratories for Entomology and Mycology. and the necessary 
quarters for the staff. 
n the occasion of the opening of these new laboratories 
by His Excellency in October last, the Director of Agriculture, 
Mr. F. A. Stockdale, referred to the past excellent work that had 
been carried out there with such meagre accommodation and 
equipment. It had been a great achievement, and with this 
handicap removed they were now a long way towards meeting 
any emergency which might arise to threaten the important 
agricultural interests of the country. 
The importance of adequate properly equipped laboratories 
in connection with the large botanical and agricultural estab- 
lishments of the Empire in the Tropics cannot be over-estimai 
The majority of the problems affecting tropjcal plant life can only 
be investigated amid their natural conditions of growth, and it 
is all the more important that not only the permanent staffs of 
Colonial Departments are enabled to work out these problems under 
suitable conditions, but that visitors travelling with the intention 
of investigating special problems also have all possible facilities 
to aid them. The completion of these new laboratories at 
