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THP TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [June 2, 1890. 
a Bteamer at Colombo with tea (and some other 
produoe) entirely for Melbourne and Sydney ; but 
bo far we have to depend on the outward bound 
P. & 0., Orient, and N. Lloyd's steamers having 
Bome room for our tea, the freight being higher 
usually than from Calcutta. Another complaint, 
Mr. Eowbotham indicates is the very uncertain 
and uneven delivery of our teas, even when described 
as "bulked on estate" and under one mark. He 
constantly finds the greatest difference between 
different chests in suoh lines under one estate 
mark though noted as bulked. There being no rule 
for "bulking" at the Australian Customs offices, 
this discrepancy often leads to trouble and expense, 
and Ceylon planters must be more careful if they 
wish to get favour for their teas down south. 
There are some of our teas, Mr. Bowbotham con- 
siders, admirably adapted to the Australian market, 
while others which sometimes are shipped to 
Melbourne and Sydney, are not at all adapted and 
generally make a loss for the importer. It is to en- 
deavour to put things on a proper workiug basis and to 
prepare the way for large orders, that Mr. Eowbotham 
has appeared, and if he prove the harbinger of a more 
extensive and steadily developing tea trade with 
the Colonies, his mission oannot fail to be regarded 
with interest. He tells us that the fact of our Colombo 
tea market being open all the year round is a 
decided advantage to Australian dealers as enabling 
them to work with less oapital, in getting supplies 
at frequent intervals rather than one large supply 
as at the opening of the China and Calcutta seasons. 
— We call attention to our quotations from the 
Circular of Messrs. Eowbotham & Co. further on. 
To show the progress made in our Tea Trade 
with Australia, we have only to contrast the 
quantity shipped from 1st January to 17th April 
1890, namely 446,896 lb. with that for the same 
period last year, 193,217 lb.— increase this year, 
253,679 lb. 

EOYAL BOTANIC GAEDENS, PEBADENIYA, 
CEYLON, IN 1838 AND SUCCEEDING YEAES. 
(From Official Records.) 
(Continued from paqe 784.) 
dc Ilysonis officinalis ; dc Ipomaaa purpurea ; d I ooc- 
cinea ; dc I nil ; d I guamoclit ; I campanulata ; I pes- 
tigridia ; I zeylauica ; a Ichnocarpus paniculata ; da 
Ixora rosea ; I alba ; I coccinea ; I species, &c; a Inga 
bigemina; d Impatiens balsamina ; I species &c. seve- 
ral ; Indigofera atropurpurea ; I tinctoria ; d 1 
species &c.; a Jonesia pinnata ; da J asoca ; Jambo- 
lifera pedunculata ; Justicia nasuta ; J picta ; J adba- 
toda ; J byealyintpla ; J repens ; J speciosa ; 
J tinctoria; J species &c; J species &c; J gendnrissa ; 
a J bivalvis ; a Jasminum azoricum ; J grandiflorum ; 
J andulatum ; J sambar ; d Jatropha multifida; dJ 
maoihot ; J curcus ; Kcmpheria rotunda ; d Lantana 
trifolit; dc L acaleata ; dc L '3 vea ; dc L gelosii; 
Laurua cnlilaban ; L cinnamomum ; riJL persea ; Lo- 
belia aromatica ; dc Lupinus mutabilis ; Liraonia 
triflora; L monophylla ; L citrifolia ; a L cin- 
namomum ; Lawsonia inermis ; Lagerstrcemia indica; 
L regica ; Le.ca sambusina ; a Lycopodium phleg- 
maria ; a L species &c; a Loranthus species &c. several; 
dca Malpeghia coccifera ; dc Maranta esculentum ; 
b Mussa sapientum and varieties ; /) M paradisiacum 
and varieties ; a Maha buxifolia ; d Magnolia fuscata ; 
(I M piimila ; dpi M trrandino' a ; a Molinaai species 
undetermined ; da Melia sempervirens ; M purviflora ; 
a M azedarach ; M species &c ; dc Matbiola anuua ; dca 
Mellinella scandens ; dca Metrocederos flosibanda ; dca 
Melaleuca lencadend rom ; dca Mel'antbus major ; a 
Memeryton tincturium ; a M capitellatum ; d Myr- 
tua u jmmuoia ; da M species &c; bd, Myristica mos- 
ohata ; M tomentosa ; a M iriya ; db Mespilus japo- 
nica ; d Maranta aurundinacea ; a Morinda scandens; 
ft M citrifolia ; Murray* exotica [ Mangifera indica • 
Micocos paniculata ; db Morus species &c; d Michelia 
sernca; M graveolens ; dca M scandens ; M species &c; 
Mussanda frondoBa ; Martynea laoceolata ; a M spe- 
cies <fec; Mimosa pudica ; dc M sensitiva ; M species 
&c. ba Mimusops elingi ; a Melastoma malabathrica ; 
M aspera ; a M oc'andra ; M species &c; d Mentha 
virides ; dM piperita ; M species &c; Modecca tuber- 
ooa ; db Nephelium la ppaceum ; d Nerium oleander ; dc 
N splendens ; dc N album ; dc N odorum ; Nicotiana ta- 
bacum ; dca Nauclea macrophylla ; Nasturtium offi- 
cinalis ; Naraveliazevlauica ; Nepeta madagascariensis; 
dc Olea capensis ; dca O europaea ; ba O fragrans ; dc 
Oxalis floribunda ; 0 ripens ; Ophioxylon serpentinum; 
Ophiorrhiza mungos ; rfOcymum species &c; d Ochna 
grandiflora ; a 0 squarrosa ; a Ornitrophe cobbe ; aO ser- 
ratn; Osneckia species &c; 0 species &c; Oryza sativa ; 
dca Oryganum vulgaris ; Piper subpeltatum; P nigrum; 
P malamiris ; P beet'e (and its varieties); d Poinceana 
pulcberrima ; d P elata ; d Panax conch i fol ia : dc P 
fruticsum ; b Punica granatum ; dbca P nana; dc Phyl- 
lanthus falcatum ; P myrtifolius ; P rhamnoide* : 
Phyllanthus pomacea ; P stellatus ; a P embliei : P 
species &c; Pandan'ts humilis ; P odora'issimus ; cn P 
species &c; P inermis; a Pterospermum suberifolium ; 
a P canescena ; Pancratium zevlanica ; d P littorale ; 
dP species &c.:ba Phoenix farmifera. : dba P dactvlifera ; 
Premuainteffrifolia; aPserratiMia: P tome'it"<8a;P'<vet>a 
indica ; db Pisum sativum (and varieties); dc Prnnus 
persea ; dba P domestica ; d Phaseolu« vulgaris ; da 
Pastinacea sativa; Panicum species (several); da 
Psoratea pinnata; dc P aculeata ; dc Poly?nl* spec ; - 
osa ; dc P cor^ifolia ; dh Passiflora lanrifMi* ; Abe P 
alata:cMcP edulis ; d P fcetida ; dc P species &c: dc 
P species &c; db P cserulea ; dc P species &c; bdea 
Pimenta vulgaris ; deba Psidium catleyanum ; b P pu- 
milum ; b P pvriferum ; ba P pomifemm ; dc Phaseo'us 
helvolus ; rfcPnanas; P radiatus ; Portnlaca quadri- 
fida ; Polygonum barbatum ; Perilla scymoides ; Poly- 
podium quercifoliom ; Pteris thahctroides ; Pothos 
scandens ; c Pholiodota species : Plumeria acuminata; 
Pontaderia vaginatis ; dca Quercus pedunculata ; dca 
Quisqualis indica ; SapinHus emarginatus ; Solandra 
appositifolia ; d S prandiflira ; Stravadia rubra ; S in- 
tegrifolia ; ba Smilax latifolia ; Semecarpus obovatum 
Stachysarphata indica ; a Scsevola lobelia ; Solanum 
verbascifolium ; S rrilobatum ; a S pseudo lvcopersi- 
oum ; S nigrum ; S melonsana ; S indicum ; S sodom- 
rum ; dc S ovigerum ; b Schlerchera trijuga ; da 
Sesbania aculeata; a S grandiflora ; da S egyptica ; 
Spinif ex squarrosus : Saccharum offioinarum ; S variety 
(purple stem); S spontaneum ; S damonum ; a S muti- 
eum ; S cvlindricum ; Sida popnlifolia ; S acuta ; 
S rhombifolia ; S periplocifolii ; a S peraica ; Sterculia 
balanghas ; S fcetida; Sanseviera zeylanica ; Spatho- 
dia indica ; Sapium indicum ; Spondias mangifera; 
dca S dulcis ; a Strychnos inermis ; a Sagnerus am- 
phic ; a Sophora tomentosa ; a Scolopia puailla ; Swie- 
tenia chloropylon ; dca. S mahogoni ; Samara lata ; 
Scopolia aculeata ; dca, Streptocarpus species &c. ; dc 
Tropseolum atrosa^gnineum ; ic T perigrinum ; bd 
Theobroma cocoa ; Tabernamoutana dichotom 0 . ; T coro- 
naria ; Terminaka catappa ; T biterica ; a T nlata ; 
d Thunburgia grandiflora ; da T coccinea ; dca T spe- 
cies &c; Tetranthera aspetala ; a T cauliflora ; Tro- 
pins aspera; a T spinosa ; b TanoarinHus indica; dc 
Turnera trioniflora ; d T ulmifolia ; dc Tradescantia 
discolor; Triumfetta bartramia ; a Tectona grandis; 
d Urania speciosa ; a Uvaria zeylanica ; a U species 
&c; a Urtica verrucosa; a Urtira latifolia ; a U 
aquatica ; a Unona esculenta ; Urena lobata ; U tri- 
cuspis : U ainnata ; a Vateria indica ; Valkameria ser- 
rata ; Vanilla aromatica ; ca V species &c. ; Verbesina 
culendulacca ; dc Viola species &c. ; Vitmannia elintica; 
Vitex trifolia ; V nedundo ; Vinca rosea ; db Vitus 
vinifera variety ; a Webera cerifera ; a W cor3'mbo'-a; 
dc Xylophylla falcata ; d Yucca gloriosa ; dca Y aloi- 
folia ; Zingiber officinalis ; Z pnrpurrum ; Z zerum- 
bet; Z cylindricum ; Z xanthoriza; a Zanzonia 
indica ; d Zea mays. 
Of the natural order Orchid ea there are 30 different 
species, the names of which are not yet ascertained. 
Number of species not in A. Moon's Catalogue 97, 
Total, 688. 
