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THE. TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [November i, 1888. 
NATIVE EXPOET PBODUCTS. 
We now turn to the Exports which are more 
especially the result of native industry, and first 
we have the pre-eminently important trade in the 
various products of the (to the Sinhalese) invaluable 
Coconut Palm. 
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been the highest on record. This is notably the 
case in respect of Coconut Oil, Poonac, and Coir 
Fibre ; while in respect of Copra, Coir Yarn and 
Bope the results are very high, although Coconuts 
number far less than in the previous season. 
Apart from the enormous local consumption in 
Ceylon of the products of this Palm, it is well to 
see at a glance the total exports : — 
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MINOE EXPORTS, 
we can only very briefly allude to. Plumbago 
shows a very large export last season in 254,046 
owt. and there is no sign of abatement in this 
industry.— Cinnamon Bark, like cinchona, in the sup- 
ply almost outstrips the demand, and we would fain 
see a muoh less export of "chips " especially, so as to 
make a better demand for the pure bark, than is indi- 
cated in our table, the return for] 887-8 being; — 
Bales . . 1,657,424 lb. 
Ohipa . . 496,887 lb. 
Total 2,154,311 lb. 
In respect of our export trade, in Ebony, Sa- 
PAKWOon, Deer Hornh, Orciiella Weed, Kitul Fibre 
and Citronella bk well as Cinnamon Oil, we need 
only refor to the table to show that a steady and, 
progressive trade had been done during 1887 8 : 
in Essential Oils, the rapid increase in exports, 
season by season, being especially noteworthy, 
though this, we regret to think, has not been 
accompanied by a corresponding profit to the pro- 
ducers and manufacturers: 
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF 
THE GOVERNMENT BOTANICAL GARDENS 
AND PARKS, NILGIRIS. 
By M. A. Lawson, Esq., Governmeut Botanist and 
Director of Government Cinchoua Plantations, Nilgiris. 
I. Season and Rainfall. — The raiuB began in Febru- 
ary 1887, and good showers were experienced all through 
March, April, and May 1887, till the monsoon burst 
on the 10th June; and in consequence of this wetness 
of the season, the younger plantings came on very 
satisfactorily. During June, 9 inches of rain fell, and 
the weather continued to be wet till the 15th July, 
when a break occurred, that lasted almost without 
intermission, till the beginning of October, the rain- 
fall for July, August, and September being only 4 - 08, 
3'73, and 499 inches, respectively. The north-east 
monsoon broke with considerable violence ou the 3rd 
October 1887, and the weather continued more wet 
than usual till the close of the year, the last week 
in the year being exceptionally so. The frost during 
January and February was of unusual severity and the 
damage done to the trees and shrubs, both at 
Ootacamund and !-t Sim's Park, was considerable. The 
frosts in the early par 1 : of January were the most des- 
tructive, as they occurrf ! immediately after the heavy 
raiu which fell during (Jhristn as week and before the 
ground had dried and the plants had lost their 
succuleucy. Geraniums, Fuchsias, and many other 
hardy plants, where at all exposed, were killed outright, 
and considerable injury was done to vegetable gardens. 
II. General Conditions, &c. — (I) Ootacamund — («) 
Government Gardens. — Several alterations for the better 
have been made in these gardens. The Loitlce>-a hedge 
at the entrance was much injured by grubs, and as 
it did not seem likely soon to recover, it was taken up 
and a new hedge of Cupressus macrocarpa planted in 
its stead. This resists the attacks of grub more than 
any other plant, and will in two or three years form a 
thick and ornamental fence. * * * 
(r) Storehouse Fork. — The trees and shrubs planted 
out some years ago made a good growth. The broom 
which had spread out too far over the ground was parti- 
ally dug up, and it will be still more confined during 
the present, year. * * * 
[Common broom is not, we presume, intended ? 
Perhaps the broom grass. It is curious that while 
furze has become so thoroughly naturalized at Nuwara 
Eliya, broom has not yet succeeded in establishing 
itself — Ed.] 
[e) Crewe and Ottley Hall Estates and adjoining 
(/round. — The frost again proved very destructive to 
ihe Melanoxylons which were planted on these estates. 
The Cupresfus torulosa, on the other hand, were unin- 
jured, and have during the present spring grown con- 
siderably. The ground opposite Ottley Hall was sown 
with Australian oats. These came up and grew well, 
but unfortunately the entire crop was destroyed' by the 
frost in the early part of January. * * * 
(3) Barliyar* — Experimental Garden. — The usual up- 
keep has been maintained in this garden ; some thinn- 
ing was done amongst the younger trees. The crop 
of Manyosteens and Litchis was a very poor one com- 
pared with that of the year before. The Bevea Brazili- 
ensis flowered for the first time this spring. The Durian 
is growing vigorously and seems to be quite at home. 
III. Herbarium. — The botanical collections are in 
good order, and have been considerably increased 
during the past year. The rearrangement of the 
plants in the Madras Herbarium has been gone on 
with, but is not yet finished. The delay is due to 
the specimens of the later natural orders being very 
imperfectly or wrongly named. During the year a 
large number of economic and other plants have 
been referred for identification from Collectors and 
others, by the Board of Revenue, and from other 
sources. This identification of plants has indeed 
occupied a large amount of time 
A collection of about eight hundred species from 
the Madras Presidency was sent to the Botanical 
Gardens at Oxford and a much smaller collection of 
plants from the Nilgiris to the British Museum. 
* Less than half the elevation of Ootacamund.— En, 
