indebted to MR. E. E. GREEX, F.E.S., F.Z.S., Government Ento- 

 mologist, and MR. T. FETCH, B.A., B.SC., Government Mycologist, 

 who obligingly furnished me with much of the information in the 

 chapters on Insect Pests and Fungus Diseases respectively ; to 

 DR. R. H. LOCK, M.A., SC.D., Assistant Director, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, for useful guidance; to MR. M. KELWAY BAMBER, M.R.A.C., 

 F.I.C., etc., Government Chemist, who has read, and contributed 

 to, the chapters on Soils and Manures; to MR. J. K. NOCK* Curator 

 of Hakgala Gardens, for much information on Up-country fruits, 

 vegetables, etc.; to MR. C. DRIEBERG, B.A., K.H.A.S., Secretary of 

 the "Ceylon Agricultural Society" and Superintendent of School 

 Gardens, who has written the Calendar for the Low-country and 

 afforded assistance in other ways; and to the Hon. the Principal 

 Collector of Customs, Colombo, who has courteously obliged me 

 with statistics of exports. Finally I desire to acknowledge the 

 constant courtesy of MESSRS. H. W. CAVE & Co., the printers, 

 whose work I think speaks for itself. 



For the loan of several excellent half-tone and electro blocks, 

 I have to thank The Agricultural Economist & H or ti cultural Review, 

 The Gardener's Chronicle, The Ceylon Agricultural Society; also 

 MESSRS. PLATE & Co., MESSRS. WALKER Soxs & Co., and MESSRS. 

 BROWX & Co. My thanks are likewise due to MR. H. W. CAVE, M.A., 

 MESSRS. F. SKEEX & Co., THE COLOMBO APOTHECARIES Coy. 

 and MR. T. PETCH for permission to use certain photographs. 

 With the exception of these, the photographs for all the illustrations 

 have been taken by myself. 



Among useful works of reference which I have consulted, I 

 would especially mention the following: WATT'S Dictionary of 

 Economic Products of India, CAMEROX'S revised edition of Firmi tiger's 

 Manual of Gardening for India, WOODROW'S Gardening in India, 

 XICHOLL'S Tropical Agriculture, MUKERJI'S Itufian Agriculture, 

 HALDAXE'S Sub-tropical Cultivations and Climates, NICHOLSON'S 

 Encyclopaedia of Gardening, WATSOX'S revised edition of Thompson's 

 Gardeners' Assistant, FERGUSOX'S Ceylon Handbook and Directory, 

 FREEMAX AXD CHAXDLER'S The World's Commercial Products, 

 BAILEY'S Pruning Book, MAXWELL-LEFROY'S Indian Insect Pests, 

 PEARSOX'S Book of Garden Pests, SORAUR'S Physiology of Plants, 

 WILLIS' Agriculture in the Tropics, TRIMEX'S Flora of Ceylon and 

 WRIGHT'S Hevea brasilicnsis. 



H. F. M. 



"Whose lamented death has since < centred. 



