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system of nomenclature; and it was not until 1824 that there was 
another substantial addition to the botanical literature of the island, when 
Movn’s Catalogue appeared, “for the use of the Singhalese,” Then 
came Thwaites’s Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylanic, containing desc PE 
tions of a large number of in undescribed species. This w 
mpleted in 71864. D d men sueceeded Dr. Thwaites as 
seem of the Royal Botanic chrders, Ceylon, in 1880, and he is n 
issuing, at the cost of the Ceylon Government, under the above title, 
the results of his unremittin studies of the flora since his appointment. 
This is called a * Handboo E 
the first volume including only the natural orders, Ranunculacee to 
Anacardiacee. At this rate the vascular plants will occupy five 
volumes, to say nothing of the plates, of which twenty-five, of TUO 
size, accompany the first volume. Dr. Trimen's work is of a most 
thorough character, written wholly in English, and on a most excellent 
further cleared up, with all the critical insight of a skilled and practised 
botanist, a number of species which were either imperfectly understood 
Ur badly described, or even, perhaps, erroneously included in the Flora. 
And he bas added m many new species, the result of his prolonged 
explorations of every part of the island. 
Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula.— Dr. G. King, the 
Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, has just com- 
pleted the first volume of this work, reprinted from the Journal of the 
Asiatic Society of Bengal (1889-93). The original paginstion is 
retained, but he has added a continuous pagination together with a 
work is the enormous number of new trees described, many of them, 
doubtless, of great commercial value. The last part, recently received, 
contains the Dipterocarpee, of which there are 61 species referred to 
11 genera; and 40 of the species were previously undescribed. 
Viticulture in Malaga.—The following account is token from Mr. 
Consol Finn's report :— Tom 
“In my former reports J have laid stress on the magnificent 
climate of this place. The Algeciras-Bobadilla Line of Railway now 
ings Malaga within such easy distance of England by land or water. 
Many "wor gh come — for their health, and it deserves to be better 
nown by our countryme 
“ There is no doubt hat great damage has been done in this age 
by the phylloxera to the vines, and by kindred diseases among t 
orange and k mon trees; but after many conversations with landed diet: 
prietors and farmers of all so sorts, I bave come to the conclusion that 
much of the decadence in the f: uit culture in this province is due to old 
age in the plants and the — of small or very conservative farmers 
either to s the necessary money for replanting their orchards, or 
else to piece work and faces the soil. Many thousands of acres 
