[£>ec. 1906, 



The Nuwara Eliya Agri-Horticultural Shoiv will be held on the 2nd and 3rd 

 April next. 



The Telijjaivila Agri-Horticultural Shoiv will be held at Telijjawila on 

 the 15th March, 1907. 



Uva Agri-Horlicultural Shoiv will be held at Badulla early in May, 1007. 



Matale Agri-Horlicultural Shotv will be held probably early in June. 



Kandy Agri-Horticultural SJiow.— The Kandy Branch has decided to hold an 

 Agri-Horticultural Show in August, at the end of the "perahera" season. 



3. Foreign Vegetable Seed*. — From the list of seeds quoted in the last 

 Progress Report, No. XXIV., as having been ordered for the Society, the following 

 varieties must be omitted, namely, French dwarf beans, capsicum, chilli, Chinese 

 cabbage, gourd, melon, onion, parsnip, potseed, pumpkin, and spinach. Amended 

 list is as follows : — 



Beans Cauliflower Lettuce Turnip 



Beet Celery Okra Tomato 



Cabbage Cucumber Peas Vegetable Marrow 



Carrot Egg-plant Radish Kohlrabi 



The seeds will be distributed to applicants by the Superintendent of School 

 Gardens, Colombo, in packets, price not exceeding 20 cents each. 



4. Cotton.— 56 lb. of selected Sea Island cotton seed from the West Indies 

 has been supplied to the Dumbara Branch for experimental cultivation. Mr. T, B. 

 Pohath-Kehelpanala of Gampola has applied for a quantity sufficient to plant 

 half an acre. 



At the request of a member of the Board of Agriculture samples of locally 

 grown Caravonica cotton— of both the "wool" and the "silk" varieties— have 

 been sent to a gentleman of his acquaintance who is connected with the cotton 

 trade in Liverpool. The samples Avere kindly supplied by Mr, J. W. C. de Soysa. 



5. Varieties of Indian Arecanuts.— Orders for seed nuts are now being 

 booked and will be forwarded to India early this month. 



6. Umbrella Tree.— Seeds of the " Udai" (umbrella) tree {Accacia planifrons) 

 have been distributed to the following districts for experimental cultivation :— 

 Peradeniya, Henaratgoda, Galle, Chilaw, Colombo, Matugama, and Batticaloa, 

 A few more seeds are still available. 



7. Saltbush seed has been sent to applicants in the following districts: — 

 Batticaloa, Puttalam, Balangoda, Mannar, Peradeniya, Henaratgoda, Delft, 

 The whole supply is exhausted. 



8. Jamaica Seedling Yams — Through the courtesy of the Secretary of the 

 Jamaica Agricultural Society tubers of yams of the following varieties have been 

 received -.—Dioscorea alata, D. sativa D. aculenta, D. triphylla. These have been 

 distributed among the following :— Curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya ; 

 Superintendent, Silk Farm, Peradeniya ; Secretaries of the Kurunegala, Nuwara 

 Eliya, Matale, Harispattu, Badulla, Dumbara, Gangaboda Pattu (Galle), Trinco- 

 malee, Katunayake, Three Korales and Lower Bulatgama Agricultural Societies ; 

 Government Stock Garden ; and to individual members in Veyangoda, Colombo, 

 Ratnapura, Badulla, Henaratgoda, Kelaniya, Mutwal, and Wanni Hatpattu. 



9. Tobacco. — Two samples of tobacco grown in the Eastern Province 

 (Tamankaduwa and Batticaloa) were received from the Secretary of the Batticaloa 

 Agricultural Society for valuation in Colombo with an inquiry whether this tobacco 

 would suit the purposes of curing for the foreign market. The samples have been 

 sent to two firms in Colombo for their report. 



