212 KAXDY AND PEEADENIA. [Part VIT. 



except by tlie value of their ostensible results, are liable 

 to ignore their latent utihty in the contemplation of their 

 ornamental attractions. But observation and experience 

 cannot fail to dissipate false expectations ; and looking 

 to the present transitional aspect of Ceylon, and the 

 future which is already dawning for the island, my con- 

 \'iction is strong that no estabhshment in the colony is so 

 essential to its interest as the Eoyal Botanic Gardens 

 ofPeradenia. 



