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Vegetable Plots. — During the year a number of 

 vegetable plots were prepared on which it is proposed to 

 commence a series of experiments in the improvement of 

 native vegetables and in the introduction of new sorts. 

 There is plenty of room for improvement in this direction. 

 The work is one, like that of the improvement of fruits, 

 which will require a considerable amount of careful and 

 patient work, in order that progress may be made, and some 

 time must elapse before any results are visible. 



Aeboretum. — Most of the trees planted in 1907 are 

 doing well, and any sickly or dead plants have been sup- 

 plied. All remaining trees were manured. 



The ground is now entirely under grass, which is regu- 

 larly cut, and a good portion of the ground has been 

 stumped. 



Planting was carried out during the year, when a 

 further 38 species were added to the collection, the plants 

 having been obtained from the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya, and also from the Forest Department, Feder- 

 ated Ala I ay States, who supplied plants and seeds of several 

 useful native timber trees. The following 'is the list of 

 species added during the year j 



Name. 



No. 



1. Castanospermum australe Leguminosoe 



2. Heritiera littoralis ••• Sterculiaceae— 



3. Hura crepitans ••• ••• Euphorbiaceae 



4. Enterolobium calycocarpum Leguminosae- • « 



5. Eryithrina umbrosa • •• 



6. ,, indica ••• ••• 



7. ovalifolia ••• ,, 



8. ,, picta ••• 



9. Terminalia belerica 



10. Cananga odorata ••• 



11. Mesua ferrea 



Natural order. Local or common name- 



12. Bombax malabaricum 



13. Gmelina arborea ••• 



14. Ochroma Lagopus 



15. Pterocarpus dalbergioides 



16. ,, marsupiura ••• 



17. echinatus ••• 



18. Parkia biglandulosa 



19. ,, Eoxburghii 



20. Barringtonia speciosa 



21. Calyophyllum inophylluni 



22. Oescentia cujete ••• 



23. Parmentiera cereifera 



Combretaceas 

 Anon aces 

 Guttiferae 



Malvaceae 

 Verbeniaceae 

 Malvaceae 

 Leguminosae - • 



Myrtaceae 

 Guttiferae 

 Bignoniaceae. 



Australian chestnut 

 Looking-glass tree 

 Sand box tree 



Bois immortelle 



Bulu 



(Ilang-Ilang) kanaga 

 Iron Wood tree or penga 



bunga 

 Red silk cotton 



Jamaica cork tree 



Mudilla 



Calabash 

 Candle tree 



