MaV i, 189a] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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in plants of very valuable properties, which col- 
lected together pursuant to the object of a Botanic 
Garden would at once give the Agriculturalist and 
Scientific enquirer an opportunity to discern their 
true nature, and of ascertaining the distinctive 
merits of each individual, without the exposure 
and labour, so discouraging to the progress of deep 
investigation attendant on penetrating the wiid 
recesses of a jungle country. 
With respect to its more immediate good, it may 
be here perhaps properly remarked, before any just 
calculation can be made in a mi aantile or do- 
mestic point of viow, of what a certain plant (not 
a native) is likely to produce in this country, 
it must be ascertained if the Island is favourable 
or not to its cultivation. At the Botanic Garden 
that question should be at once satisfactorily 
answered, and it will be readily admitted, no 
source can or ought to possess, better means of 
arriving at the truth of such enquiry which, the 
wavering mind of the speculator would very often 
rejoice to receive. 
The natives who are a very dilatory people, and 
whose piincipal sustenance is coarse vegetable food, 
may be elevated to motives of purer industry, 
by example, in showing them the easy method of 
producing a superior description of food, which 
would also be conducive to better health and vigour 
amongst their great population, and the ultimate 
good of the community at large. 
The demand and great want there is for vege- 
tables, seeds, plants, &o. amongst European in- 
habitants, as well as natives, speaks muoh in favour 
of the utility of such an establishment, and many 
other are the merits to which it lays claim, for 
the great accommodation of the public, that may 
be brought in support of its useful existence, but 
it is sincerely to be hoped, no more requires to . 
be said to ensure its long and well-supported 
duration. 
(Signed) J. G. Lbab. 
Royal Botanic Garden, 
Peradenia, September 1838. 
Abbreviations. 
a signifies a sirigle specimen only ; b signifies 
producing fruit eatable, or useable otherwise for 
domestic purposes ; c signifies not in A. Moon's 
Catalogue ; d signifies they have been introduced to 
the Gardens, not Indigenous to Ceylon. 
A Catalogue of Plants in the Eoyal Botanic 
Garden, Ceylon, August 1838. 
(Signed) J. G, Lear. 
Alpinia galanga ; A sericca ; d A nutans; b Aallu- 
ghas ; d A cardamomum ; b A species, undetermined ; 
Anthericum tuberosum ; a Aristolochia indica ; Areca 
oatechu ; a Asparagus falcatus ; Abrus precatorius ; 
d Agave americana ; d Apium graveolens ; d Amaran- 
thus tricolor ; d A globosa ; A polygamus ; d A olera. 
oions ; A frumentacea ; d A hypocondiiens ; Aspidium 
viviparum ; b Averrhoa bilimbi ; b A carambola ; d Amo- 
murn granum paradisi ; a A villasum ; db Amygdalus 
persica ; Antidesma zeylanica ; Amaryllis zeylanica ; A 
purpurea ; iMArtocarpus inciBa ;A pubescens ; b Aintegri- 
folia ; a Aloe vu'garis ;(/ Agave lurida; Ardisia humihs ; 
A solanacea ; da A colorata ; a A species, undetermined ; 
b Anacardium occidentalis ; d Alamanda eatbnrtica ; 
rfcA species, undetermined ; a iE;,le marme'os ; d Allium 
sativum; d A cefa ; da Althoa loase; d Anethum 
fseniculum ;Ageratum couyzoines ; b Aunoiiaf quamosa ; 
Arum nmcoorliizon ; d A specks &c. several ; d Aseli- 
pias curaps \ ica ; d Aster cbinense ; da Adansouia digi- 
tala ; Acacia pirinata ; d A vera ; A specie e &c ; uc Aean- 
thoph ppium species &c.\ Arides testatum ; dc Au- 
chusa capruBis ; dba Achras tapota; Bombox penten- 
druni ; B crit a ; Barring! Onia speciosa ; Barbcia cris- 
ta' a ; B bnxifolia ; B prionitcs, ; 1/ Build leu heterophylla ; 
Bauhicea purpurea ; B tomentosa (white); B fcomentoea 
(yellow); B Bauhinia acuminata ; sB Gigantia ; a B 
parviflora ; dc B scandens ; a Basaia lougifolia ; 
B neriifolia ; Bignonia salina ; d B suberosa ; do B 
capensis ; da B grandiilora b Bromelia ananas ; db 
B varieties— Queen; b B stripped avanhnah ; b B 
Sugar loaf ; b Borassus flabelhformis ; d Beaumentia 
grandiflora ; Bambusa arundmaoea ; B varieties green 
and yellow ; B stidula; d B Dana ; d Bruoea Suma- 
tra na ; d Bixa orellana ; c B species &e. white; 
d Beta vulgaris ; d B cicla ; d Brassica oleracea ; 
d B rafa and variet ee ; Bidens chinensis ; Basella 
coniiJ'olia; a B rubra; Baltota disticha ; Begonia 
umbellata ; B cordifolia ; B palmata ; B laciniosa ; 
Cleome pentaphylla ; cd C Calathea Zebrina; db 
Canaricera commune ; b 0 balsarniferum ; a Oalotropis 
gigintea ; Oistus lobatus ; Curcuma longa ; C rotunda ; 
Ca- i.a indica; C eoccinea ; O lutea ; db C flaccida ; 
d C giauca ; Calypthranthas cumirn ; 0 caryophyl" 
lifolia ; Ourculigo recurvata ; C panciflora ; C 
angustifolia ; d Crcton variegatum ; 0 pictum ; 0 
aromaticum ; C tiglium ; C mullucanum ; O species, 
&c; Oerbera manghas ; C parviflora ; b Carica papa) a ; 
b C varieties, male, female, hermaphrodite ; b Citrus 
acid a ; b C medica; b 0 accumanaj bC nobilis ; 
bd C auruntium &c. varieties ; d Coffea Arabica ; 
aO triflora ; db Chrysophyllum camito ; ca C buxi- 
folia ; Capparis grandis ; d Cacalia species &c; db 
Cookia punctata ; Cameraria oppositifolia ; a Onetava 
religiosa ; d Chrysanthemum indicum ; d C varieties, 
white, purple, yellow; dc Oosmea rosea ; dc O sul- 
pharea; bd Oaryophyllus aromaticus ; Calophyllum 
inophyllum; d Capsicum annuum ; d C minimum ; 
C frutesceus ; Cricum asiaticurn ; d 0 soddigesie ; 
C toxicarum ; C zeylanicum ; Convulvulus reptans ; 
d C paniculatus; C reprecs ; C grandiflorus ; C 
balatua ; C speciosus ; 0 purpurens ; a Cassia auri- 
culata ; 0 alata ; a O glauca ; 0 abrus ; C tagera ; 
C tora ; C minnissoides ; a Catbartocarpus fistula ; O 
rosea ; CalJicarpa lannata ; da Cactus cochinilliferum ; 
cda C speciosus ; d C opuntia ; C pendulus rhipsalis- 
pendulus ; d C triangularis ; d G fious indica ; db 
Cynometra caulifiora ; Coctus speciosus ; Crotolaria 
verneosa ; C juneca ; C laburnifolia ; C humifusa ; 
C retusa ; da Camelia japonica ; a Calamus rudentum- 
Coix lacbryma ; Calonchoe piunata; Cocculus bur; 
manin ; 0 orbienlatus ; c Cirrhopetalum macrai ; 
Cymbidium alvifolium ; c 0 tennifolia ; c C tricolor ; 
Combratum accaudrum ; da Clerodendrum cetecs- 
C inerma; 0 infortunatum ; Oycas circinalis ; Oucar; 
tilea lagecaria ; a C hispida ; a O citrullus; ba Ou- 
cumis tatiores ; Csesalpinia sappan ; d Cordia mixa; 
d Cannalis sativa ; ba Carissa carandas ; a C spina- 
rum; b Coous cucifera; db Oicca disticha; Oytissu 
cajan; Oeltis orientalis ; a Cascaria ovata ; b Cory- 
pha umbraculifera ; Carreya arborea ; Commelina 
paludosa ; C cuculata ; Cissus latifolia ; Cardios per- 
mum halicacabam ; Olitoria ternatea (blue); C spe- 
cies &c. (white); d Cichoranum endivia ; d C& varieties ; 
dc Cochlearia officinalis ; dc Dracocephalum cauanen- 
sis ; Dianilla graminifolia ; d D eusifolia ; d D species 
&c; Draeona terminalis ; d D fera ; d D species &c; 
Dracontium polyphyllum ; a D pinatifidum ; d Dah- 
lia variety; Dolichos sinensis; D tetragonolobus ; 
d D species &c; Dalbergia arborea ; D lanceolaria; 
d D species &c; Dadonea viscosa ; Dillenia aquatica ; 
D acutata ; D speciosa ; dca Dolyanthus excelsa ; ba 
Dimocarpus papilla ; dba D litihi ; d Dianthus clii- 
nensis; d D ceryophyllus ; d D variety ; Dioscorea- 
pentapbylla ; D alata; D oppositifolia; D culbifera ; 
ca Dendrobeum aurcum ; ca D macrai ; ca D nutans ; b 
Eleagnus latifolia ; Erythrina indica ; E picta ; dca E 
eaffra ; ba Elate sylvestris ; a Echites lanceolata ; 
E scholaris ; Embryopteris glutinefera ; a Ebretia- 
buxifolia ; a Euphorbia tirncalli ; B neriifolium ; E 
antiqui rum ; cZE species &c; E species &c; b Eugenia 
malaccensis ; E laurina; db E jambos ; _ a E 
sy vestris ; b Elasocarpus t erratum ; a E integrifolius ; 
Eupatoriium *V< cies & c -'< ^ zeylanicum ; c Eulophia 
species &c; coE species &c; Eleusinf corocana ; c Epi- 
detidrum species &C ca E tpecies &c; dc, Elichrysum 
scssamuides ; dc E statheloides ; d Furcraaa tuberosa ; 
b Feioniaelephanium; db Fragaria grandiflora 5 a 
Fii 1 s bfengalenpis ; dc F elastica ;F indica; F glomerata; 
,b F arica ; F oppositifolia; F repens ; F species &c.; 
