CONTENTS. 



I. GENERAL. 



Faqe. 



Submission, , 1 



Explanation of signs, etc., 2 



Short topographical sketch of Pegu 3 



Geological nature of Pegu (with 3 sketches), 4 



Climatological notes, 8 



Short consideration of other agencies influencing vegetation (with 3 sketches), 12 



Position of the I'egu Plora and its zones, (with 2 sketch-maps), 21 



Original vegetation and culture, (with a section), 24 



Enumeration of forests and their botanical character 25 



A. Evergreen Forests, 28 



Littoral forests, H, 



Swamp forests, 29 



Tropical forests, 30 



Hill forests, 34 



B. Deciduous forests , 38 



Open forests, : ib. 



Mixed forests, , 42 



Dry forests, , . . . 48 



Bamboo jungles, 50 



Savannahs ih. 



Natural pastures, 61 



Eiparian vegetation (with a section), 52 



Fresh water vegetation, , 54 



Salt water vegetation, 55 



Vegetation of agrarian lands, , . 56 



Vegetation of villages, waste places, etc., 59 



Naturalized plants, 01 



Practical review of the Pegu forests, 62 



Table of the natural families of plants growing in Burma, 64 



II. SPECIAL. 



Preliminary 



I. Conservancy of forests in Pegu with reference to soil and climate, 67 



II. Utilization of deserted toungyas, with cursory remarks on timber plantations, ,. 72 



III. Some hints with reference to the study of the quality of woods in India, 78 



A. Executive Bkanch. 



. 1. Preliminary rational Survey, 79 



. 2. Selection and collection of forest trees, ih, 



. 3. Testing of timber, 82 



S. 4. Preservation and keeping of wood-specimens, 84 



. 5. Difliculties of carrying out the system and some of its direct advantages, .... 86 



B. AiTxiLiAET Branch. 



. 1. Climatology, 87 



. 2. Soil, 91 



. 3. Collecting and drying botanical specimens, 95 



IV. Conclusion, 96 



APPENDICES. 



A. List of Burmese trees. 



B. General Key to the Burmese trees. 



q' List of other not arboreous plants, for which Burmese names have been obtained. 



d'. Lord Mayo's tree (Mayodendron), a new genus from Martahan. 



E,_Extracts liom Mr. Kurz'e Journal of his tours in British Burma. 



