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Avocado Pears.— The United States of America, Department of Agriculture, 

 has promised to forward early a supply of good varieties of Avocadoes for planting. 



Improved Agricultural Implements from India.— A number of orders for 

 these implements have been received. It may be useful to state here the imple- 

 ments to be procured : — 



Light. Both can be 

 Cost Rs. 1*75 drawn by a pair of ordi- 

 _ < nary bullocks ; leaves no 

 Cost Rs. 7'25 intervals of untilled land 

 between furrows. 



Cawnpore Model Plough, wooden. 

 Cawnpore Model Plough, iron. 



Nearly as useful as No. 1. Digs 

 obviating the necessity of second 



Improved Common Plough. Cost Re. 1'06 

 land twice as deep as the common, 

 ploughing. 



" Nolla," for levelling land. Cost Rs. 2'06. 

 " Gorru," seed drill. Cost Rs. 2'50. 

 " Guntaka," weeder. Cost Rs. 3*81. 



" Papita," for covering seeds with earth. Cost Rs. 8:81. 



Vegetables.— Seeds of the following varieties have been imported by the 

 Society. A list is being sent to all Local Branches and Members of the Society. 

 Applications should be made to me as early as possible : — 



Peas Leek Knol-Kohl or Kohl- 



Beans Radish Rabi 



Spinach Cress Cucumber 



Onion Turnip Melon 



Broccoli Swiss Chard 



Gourd Brussels Sprouts 



Parsley Endive 



Capsicum Indian Corn 



Chili Cowpea 



Carrot 

 Beet 

 Cabbage 

 Lettuce 

 Celery 

 Parsnip 



Cost 10 cents 



attention. 



Amaranthus 

 Kale 



Cauliflower 



Egg Plant or Brinjal 



Tomato 



Mustard 



Okra or Bandakka 

 Long Bean (me) 

 Snake gourd 



a packet. Applications from Local Branches will receive the hist 



Castration. — Demonstrations have been arranged for in the Trincomalee 

 District (6) ; in the North-Central Province (13) ; in the Central Province (1) ; and in 

 the North-Western Province (5). 



Publications, &-c.-^A leaflet on Dhall by Mr. C. Drieberg has been issued 

 by the Society in English, Sinhalese, and Tamil. Leaflets on " Tobacco Cultivation," 

 "Manioc," "Transplanting in Paddy Cultivation," and "Method of Taking 

 Samples of Soil " are with the Government Printer. 



The Editor of the " Dinakaraprakasa " has kindly sent 100 copies of two 

 editions of his paper containing the proceedings of the last meeting of the Board 

 in Sinhalese, which have been circulated to Local Societies. 



E. B. DENHAM, 



May 14, 1906. Secretary, Ceylon Agricultural Society. 



Errata, 



The Ceylon Citroxella Oil Industry.— The article under this heading 

 on page 283 is by Mr. B. Saniaraweera, not by Mr. A. Jayasuriya, as printed. In the 

 writer's absence the paper was read by Mr. Jayasuriya at the meeting of the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



Entomological Notes.— In Mr. E. Ernest Green's notes on page 300 in line 

 38, paragraph commencing " Large numbers of a handsome bronze-green Buprestid 

 beetle ..." for Psiloptera fortuosa read Psiloptera fastuosa. 



