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requested to communicate with me as early as possible, stating their requir ements 

 The names of varieties available are as follows : — 



French Dwarf Beans 



Beet 



Cabbage 



Capsicum 



Carrot 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Chilli 



Chinese Cabbage 



Cucumber 



Egg plant 



Gourd 



Knol-Khol 



Lettuce 



Melon 



Onion 



Parsnip 



Pea 



Potseed 



Pumpkin 



Radish 



Spinach 



Tomato 



Turnip 



Vegetable Marrow 



5. A Simple Preventive against Malaria. — I have received several requests 

 for information as to the method of preparation of this preventive against malaria 

 {given in leaflet No. XXVIII). The proportion of the various ingredients used in 

 the preparation are quoted below for general information :— 



H parts citronella oil. 



1 part kerosine oil. 



2 parts coconut oil. 



1 to 2 per cent carbolic acid — that is, 1 to 2 per cent of the citronella, 

 kerosine, and coconut oils. 



6. Cotton Cultivation. — Twelve bushels of cotton seed have been supplied 

 by Messrs. J. Whitehead & Co., Maradana, to Hulugalla Disawa for distribution 

 among chena cultivators. Six bushels of Sea Island cotton seed were sent to Anurad 

 hapura for similar cultivation. 



7. Tobacco Cultivation. — The Badulla Branch intends experimenting with 

 tobacco in the drier parts of Uva, and has applied for a supply of seed. The Wanni 

 Hatpattu Branch have decided to cultivate tobacco during the yala harvest of 1907— 

 in April and May next. 



8. Varieties of Indian Arecanuts.— The Deputy Commissioner of Kadur 

 District, in reply to inquiries made, reports that the following varieties of arecanuts 

 are available in January next :— 



White arecanuts : Mangalore, Cananore, Shrivardhan. 

 Red arecanuts : Naroikadi, Goa, Wesai (from Bassein), and Sewali. 

 Applications may be addressed to me to be included in the order to be 

 forwarded in December. The price of 500 seed nuts of each variety is Rs. 2-8-0 in 

 India. 



9. Paddy for the Imperial Institute.— -Mr. T. B, Pohath-Kehelpannala of 

 Gampola has offered to send in a supply of " yava wi" to be forwarded to the 

 Imperial Institute as an addition to the collection already sent there by the Society. 

 This paddy is described as being efficacious in cases of consumption. It differs from 

 other kinds of paddy in point of flavour and appearance. 



10. Seed Paddy from India. — Supplies of six-and five-months seed paddy 

 imported from India by the Society in August last are still available. The paddy 

 consists of three varieties of samba, all white grain. Cost of the paddy is Rs. 2'75 per 

 bushel. 



11. School Gardens.— Rewards to school boys for good work in gardens on 

 the same lines as last year will be given this year. 



12. Experimental Garden at Horetuduwa. — On the land whichSimon Fernando 

 Sri Chandrasekere, Mudaliyar, proposes to hand over to Government— will be taken 

 in hand shortly. The donor has already paid in the sum of Rs. 2,500 towards the 

 maintenance fund of this institution, and the only delay is the completion of the 

 necessary deeds, &c. 



