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with  round  white  {K.  monocephald)  or  green  heads  {K.  hrevifolia). 
d'hese  have  rather  an  aromatic  flavour  but  are  liked  by  some  animals 
especially  dogs.  Small  species  of  Scleria  and  Fimbristylis  also  fill 
up  bare  spaces.  The  Pegaga,  Hydrocotyle  asiatica,  with  round 
leaves  borne  on  its  slender  creeping  stem,  is  much  sought  by  na- 
tives as  a medicine.  Slender  white  flowered  Hedyotis^  white  and 
bro\m  flowered  Torenia  polygonoides  and  many  other  little  weeds 
occur  and  help  to  cover  the  ground. 
Perhaps  the  most  objectionable  weeds  for  tennis  grounds  are  the 
Tutup  Bumi,  Elephajitopus  scaber,  which  has  a flat  rosette  of  broad 
leaves  and  a stiff  stem  bearing  a tuft  of  very  small  pink  flouers. 
It  is  easily  eradicated  howev^er,  by  spudding  it  up. 
The  sensitive  plant  [M imosa  pudica)  is  often  very  troublesome 
in  lawns  and  is  very  objectionable  in  fodder.  It  is  accused  of  kill- 
ing cattle  when  mixed  with  their  grass,  by  causing  inflammation  of 
the  stomach  and  intestines  by  its  small  thorns,  and  also  it  is  said 
that  sheep  suffer  much  frotn  the  spiny  fruits  getting  between  the 
toes  and  ulcerating  them.  It  is  a very  persistent  weed  and  grows 
with  great  rapidity. 
Introduced  Grasses. 
We  have  had  from  time  to  time  a number  of  fodder  plants  con- 
sidered to  be  valuable  in  various  parts  of  the  world  ; most  of  these 
however,  having  come  from  dryer  or  colder  climates  have  proved 
useless,  either  not  growing  at  all  or  refusing  to  propagate  suffi- 
ciently, and  disappearing  in  a few  years. 
Tricholoena  Teyierriffos^  a fairly  good  fodder  grass  was  Intro- 
duced some  years  ago  and  held  its  own  against  other  weeds  for 
some  two  or  three  years,  but  was  then  defeated  and  quite  dis- 
appeared. 
Andropogon  [Sorghum)  halepen  e though  not  spreading  at  all 
rapidly,  has  remained  where  it  was  planted  in  spite  of  being  occa- 
sionally weeded  out,  and  seems  to  have  quite  established  itself  in  one 
or  two  parts  of  the  garden.  Its  value  as  a fodder  is  very  much  a 
matter  of  doubt,  piobably  much  depends  on  the  locality  in  which 
it  is  grown.  It  is  not,  1 think,  a plant  I should  recommend,  on 
account  of  its  persistence,  as  it  might  in  some  places  prove  a pest 
among  other  crops. — H.  N.  RiDLEV. 
PLANTING  IN  SELANGOR. 
Coffee  and  Rubber. 
d'he  Anglo-Ceylon  and  General  Estates  Company  held  its 
seventeenth  yearly  meeting  at  London  on  the  i6th  July  with  Mr. 
H.  K.  Rutherford  presiding.  The  working  of  the  Company 
had  been  unprofitable  in  the  Mauritius  owing  to  the  low  price  of 
