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  main 
  entrance, 
  and 
  the 
  avenue 
  of 
  Oreodoxa, 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   examples 
  of 
  the 
  finer 
  groups 
  of 
  single 
  species. 
  The 
  most 
  impos- 
  

   ing 
  group 
  of 
  different 
  species 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  palms 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  

   the 
  gate. 
  The 
  classified 
  arboretum 
  is 
  rich 
  in 
  fine 
  specimens, 
  the 
  

   principal 
  orders 
  being 
  represented 
  on 
  a 
  generous 
  scale. 
  

  

  The 
  nurseries, 
  kitchen-garden, 
  rockery 
  for 
  succulents, 
  ferneries, 
  

   and 
  clusters 
  of 
  economic 
  plants 
  are 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  commensurate 
  with 
  

   the 
  arboretum. 
  As 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  the 
  orchids 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  so 
  fine 
  as 
  the 
  collections 
  one 
  sees 
  in 
  large 
  private 
  estab- 
  

   lishments 
  in 
  England 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  continent 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  

   command 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  growth 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  finer 
  species 
  with 
  

   the 
  same 
  degree 
  of 
  certainty 
  as 
  in 
  colder 
  regions 
  where 
  a 
  stove 
  

   means 
  something. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  Amherstia 
  nobilis 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  

   crape 
  myrtle 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  flower, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  Talipot 
  palm 
  in 
  

   bloom 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  objects. 
  I 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  

   too 
  early 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  tropical 
  fruits, 
  and 
  too 
  late 
  

   for 
  a 
  few 
  others, 
  but 
  fortunately 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  remedy 
  this 
  lack 
  

   farther 
  on 
  in 
  Queensland 
  and 
  Java. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  finest 
  of 
  the 
  photographic 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  gardens 
  in 
  

   Peradeniya 
  are 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  (1) 
  the 
  main 
  entrance, 
  with 
  the 
  

   long 
  lines 
  of 
  Assam 
  rubber 
  trees, 
  and 
  the 
  cluster 
  of 
  different 
  

   palms, 
  (2) 
  the 
  avenue 
  of 
  royal 
  palms, 
  (3) 
  the 
  different 
  bamboos 
  at 
  

   the 
  ponds, 
  (4) 
  the 
  distant 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  satin-wood 
  bridge. 
  The 
  

   view 
  from 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  is 
  also 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  beauty. 
  

  

  Visitors 
  to 
  the 
  gardens 
  are 
  greatly 
  assisted 
  by 
  the 
  intelligent 
  

   native 
  servants 
  detailed 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  guides. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  fair 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  whereabouts 
  of 
  almost 
  all 
  the 
  important 
  plants 
  

   and 
  seldom 
  go 
  wrong 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  names. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  stated 
  

   also 
  that 
  the 
  natives 
  employed 
  in 
  widely 
  different 
  stations 
  in 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  prove, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Director 
  and 
  the 
  Superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  generally 
  efficient. 
  

  

  The 
  Herbarium 
  is 
  rich 
  in 
  certain 
  directions 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sulted 
  by 
  students 
  under 
  proper 
  restrictions. 
  The 
  Museum 
  is 
  as 
  

   yet 
  small. 
  

  

  It 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  plants 
  and 
  seeds 
  are 
  for 
  sale 
  at 
  the 
  

   garden, 
  at 
  moderate 
  prices. 
  A 
  Wardian 
  case 
  packed 
  with 
  forty 
  

   assorted 
  plants 
  is 
  shipped 
  for 
  40 
  rupees, 
  say 
  about 
  16 
  to 
  20 
  dollars. 
  

  

  The 
  influence 
  for 
  good 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  exerted 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  by 
  

   the 
  garden 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  is 
  incalculable. 
  The 
  establishment 
  

   has 
  proved 
  a 
  center 
  of 
  scientific 
  activity 
  and 
  of 
  high 
  economic 
  

   value. 
  g. 
  l. 
  g. 
  

  

  IY. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Die 
  Denudation 
  in 
  der 
  Wiiste 
  und 
  Hire 
  geologische 
  Bedeu- 
  

   tung. 
  TJntersucliungen 
  uber 
  die 
  Bildang 
  der 
  Sedimente 
  in 
  den 
  

   Agyptischen 
  Wusten 
  ; 
  Johannes 
  Walther, 
  A. 
  O. 
  Prof. 
  Univ. 
  

   Jena. 
  pp. 
  224, 
  large 
  8vo, 
  with 
  8 
  plates 
  and 
  99 
  cuts. 
  Leipzig, 
  

   1891. 
  (S. 
  Hirzel.) 
  — 
  This 
  memoir 
  makes 
  part 
  of 
  vol. 
  xvi 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  