THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST [Sept, i, 1893. 
" It also gives interesting and useful notes of any 
special peculiarity ast in tLe stame of the Burbtrriii 
(p. 49) altio the sccLt- in." 
" Berbecia trif-tiita. The siamtns are iiiitjble aod 
bi nd ovi-r the ~ti{;ma if voncheil at tt.e bat^e," 
Gynandropsis pentaphyUa, "We-la 8. (p. 58.) 
" A oaii'inon wet d iiu all iroincal couutries. Develops 
when brui-L-d « very strong and |,eouliar i;CeBt." 
Xanthophijllmi Jlavescens (leaves), Palala S. (p. 84.) 
" Mo.st lowi ouulr} ; raiher rftrp. Kaluiaca ; PasJum 
Korsli ; Hatuipuia; Colonjbo. Fi. Mrftcli; pit kish- white. 
AIho iu S. W. India, E. Beiignl, Buriua, iSamstra aud 
Java. The C'eylun plant is X. virens Rozb. which i« 
rfduoed to a variety of X.Jtavescems lu Fl. B. lud. Tho 
ItavfeB ftequently prerent large ciroular pores soattered 
ov<3r the iin ler surface." 
Portxdao'i Wightiana, (p. 90 and 91.) 
Calophi/llum bracteaUcm, Walu-Kiua S. (p. 102) 
" Tue iJimorphio leaves give thin trt e a Vv.ry singular 
appearani e. The smaller leaves appear to bo ot the 
nature cf peniBteut l ud-scales aud to maik periods of 
less vigorous gro"th. Thwaiteb' name bracteatum 
rt fers to (he conspicuous tracts of the inforetceiico ; 
not as thought by Plauch. and Tr. (1. c.) to the 
dimorphic leaves." 
&ndSc7necarpus »io/-^z?.ata,The remarkable horny border 
to the leaves- (p. 320 ) 
" Very uulike the rest of the epeciea in habit; the 
horny border to the 1< avoS is also very remarkable. The 
ncepiacle of the fruit is sweet and edible." 
Jhe short notes on the meaning of some of the 
names are specially interesting, for instance Sale- 
monia (p. 83) commemorates King Solomon, the 
earliest of known botanists, also see (Jarria spcciosa 
(p. 111.) 
Dedicated to the Hon. aflernards Sir) W. O. Oarr, 
F.L s , Senior Puitne Judge of Ceylon in 1846. 
Wissadtda (p. 146.) 
"From the Sinhulese name 'Vinaduli' which has 
been very variously applied. Hermanu (in Par. Bat. 
Prod. 309) gives it for this ; but in Mus. Zeyl. 11 
refers it to Knoxia zeylanica wliich also re[<res»-ntB it 
ill his Herbarium. But at p. 42 ot Mus. he applies the 
name to some parasitic or epiphytic pUnt and Moon 
(Cat. 60) gives it to Ci/mbidium hicolor. I fiud the 
name is in use still, but tor the little prostrate weed, 
Centipeda orbicularis (q. v.) ' Wissa '^poison, and 
Bermjnn ezplainit It as meaning the pain and infiama> 
tion caused by the bite of the cobra ; * duli ' is a very 
fiue powder." 
Grewia microcos (p. 177.) 
" Microcos is Burmau's translation of the names 
' Kocutilli:',' 'de Kleine Cooos,' given by Hermann (who 
has also 'Eohukirilla ') for this plant apparently 
referring to the small hard etone of the fruit, aoggeet- 
iug a minature cosonut." 
Huyonia Mysiax (p. 189.) 
" From the resemblance of the curved woody tendrils 
to a pair of moustaches." 
Feronia, (p. 228.) 
" One of the deities to whom the aocientj dedicated 
forests." 
Dysoxijlum (p. 247.) 
'•From the disagreeable ecsnt of the wood and bark of 
i). aUiaceu'ji of Java, the first species deaoribed. Our 
Bpeoies does not posses it." 
Leca (p. 297.) 
"Uommemorates James Lee nnrseryman of Hammer- 
smith who by bia ' Introduction to Botany ' (1760), 
brought the Liunean system into England. Died 
1795." 
hleniea (p. 305) 
" Named in oommemoration of Rev. S. 0. Olenie, 
Colonial Chaplain and Archdeacon of Oeylon, f.l.s. 
He resided at Trincomalie from 1859 to 1871, where 
he made large collections and sent them to Thwaites 
for determination and incorporation in the ' Euume- 
ratio.' Died 1876." 
and Delima p, 6. 
" From delimare, to polish or smooth, from the use 
made of the rough leaves ; the native name has the 
eame meaniDg," 
The arrangements of the Zones, makes it 
specially easy to fix the locality of the various 
I plants. I find the book more interesting and in- 
' t tractive the more I go into it. 
j THE GOV£E>'MENT DAIKY, COLOMBO. 
I The Oovernment Dairy at the School of Agrioal- 
{ tare is now in full swing and this morning (August 
: Iei) milk was supplied from it for th<- first time to 
\ r.U the boepitals end at-ylums in Colombo. It was 
I hoped that this supply would have been begua 
laet month, but en account of oppoeitiun on the 
I ])art of natives who did not rtlieh the idea of 
! the contract being taken out of their hands, dif- 
ficulty was experienced in getting together the full 
complement of ch t!c to give the rtquteite }ield. 
The total quantity of milk required for the eiz 
institutioDB — four bonpitals and two asylums — le 
about 135 quartp, of which the General Hospital 
with the Plaotera', Anotbonitz, and 8e»meu'e 
Wards attached, takes, we believe, between 80 
nnd 100. With the number of cattle in 
stock at the beginning of July it wae of course 
impossible to overtake the requirements of Govern- 
ment and it was therefore arranged that in the 
ra'antime a partial supply ehoald be sent out and 
( ntry upon the full contract be postponed till 
August in order that those in charge of the d*iry 
might have an opportunity of gradually bringing 
(be stock up to the necessary number. This thiy 
have succeeded in doing. The corner " proved 
ineffectual and a week ago the purcbaBee were 
complete! There are now 45 cowa at the dairy. As 
is already known 21 of these were brought down 
from Bombay in accordance with the arrangements 
made by Mr. C. Drieberg, the Principal ot tbe 
AgricU'tural School on the occasion of his vi^it to 
India. Th>>y are ol the Burat breed and were 
Eelected through the instrumentality of Mr. 
Mollison, Superintendent of Farms in tbe Bum- 
bay Presidency who is considered to be one of 
the bett authorities on dairying in India. Thej 
are all capital milkers, three of them being ex- 
ceptionally good, giving as much as 15 bottles a 
day. The Indian cattle give on the average about 
9 bottles, whereas native animals only give about 
3 bottles. The stock also includes five pure Sin- 
galese oowe, and the result of feeding them with 
gingelly poonac will be looked forward to with 
interest, tor, as a rule, their food coneistB of graes 
only. Every attention is given to the dieting and 
health of the cattle under the supervision of Mr. 
Lye, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, who has 
taken a great deal of personal interest in tbe 
starting of the dairy which be visiis daily. The 
food of each cow is weighed aud givtn out 
according to Boale, and the yield of milk which 
each gives is entered in a book. This register is 
submitted for Mr. Lye's inspection at every visit 
so that he may be able, after examining tbe animals 
to give instructions as to whether their diet sbuuld be 
lowered or increased. Whenever a cow shows tbe 
slightest symptom of ill-health in any way it is 
bt once removed from the building where it baa 
been stalled along with the others to tbe shed 
at some distance o£f where it is treated until 
thoroughly recovered. 
Tbe cows are milked at 3 o'clock in the morning 
and I o'clock in tbe afterisoon. The milk is first 
passed into a pail through a strainer so as to 
ensure its being perfectly clean and is then 
weighed on a patent recorder, tbe estimate being 
we understand, 2§ lb to tbe quart, and tbe result 
entered up at once. Having been weighed tbe 
milk is poured into a graduated tank where tbe 
