f 8 ) 
1892. (Pre tented.) 
Coulter, Manual of Plants of W. Texas, II. 1894. (Presented. , 
Id. N. American Species of Cactus, &c. 1894. (Presented.) 
Vasey, Gramineae of the South. 1887. (Presented.) 
Id. Grasses of the Arid Districts of Texas, &c. 1888. (Presented.) 
Id.! Illustrations of N. American Grasses, L and II. (Presented . ) 
Id. Monograph of Grasses of United States and British America, L 
Crombie, Monograph of British Lichens, I. 1894. (Presented by Trustee* of British .Museum.) 
The (Indian) Agricultural Ledger, '27 numbers. (Presented by Indian Government.) 
Hooker's Icones Plantarum, ser. 4, II., 4 ; III., 4 ; IV., 1 and 2. 1894. (Pre*ey,tid by the Benthom Trustee*.) 
Handbooks of Commercial Products. India (Imp. Inst. Series), 14 numbers. 1894. (Present, d.) 
Annales du Jard. Bot., Buitenzorg, Vol. XII., Part 1. 1894. (Presented by the Director.) 
Catalogue de la Bibliotheque du Jard. Buitenzorg, Ed. 2. 1894. (Presented by the Director.) 
Missouri Botanic Garden, 5th Annual Report. (Presented.) 
Koorders, Plantenk. Wordenboek v. d. Boomen Java. 1894. (Presented.) 
Id. and Valleton, Boomsorten v. Java. 1X94. (Presented.) 
Indian Museum Notes, I. — III., 3. (Presented by Trustees of Indian Museum.) 
The volumes for the year 1894 of the following periodicals have ateo been added to their 
respective series: — Botanical Magazine, Gardeners' Chronicle ^presented), Journal of Botany, Kew 
Bulletin (presented), Nature, Pharmaceutical Journal (presented), Tropical Agriculturist. The 
Library has also received numerous Reports and Official Papers from various Colonial, Indian, and 
Foreign Governments, and my thanks are due to nil tin- donors. 
A number of books have been bound ; among them 1 have made up a volume of the 
Annual Reports of the Royal Botanic Gardens from 1843-GO, obtained with great difficulty from 
many sources. If there were any earlier printed reports 1 have been unable to discover them. 
11. — Receipts from Sales. 
I am sorry to observe an increase in sales in Peradeniya, as it is mainly due to the demand 
for ordinary garden plants by residents in the Colony, in India, and in Australia, and Wardian 
cases and boxes of orchids for travellers. I should be glad to see Bucb sales entirely abolished 
at least at Peradeniya, as outside the scope of a great Botanic Garden. Indeed to carry them out 
properly we have neither the men, the means, or the time. The propagation of ordinary garden 
plants for public sale should be, in my opinion, lefl to private enterprise, the Botanic Garden 
restricting itself to making exchanges only, and the usual gratis distribution t<. official places. 
The sale of new economic plants and seeds to planters and others comes under another category, 
and should, of course, not be interfered with, such distribution being an important part of the objects 
of the Department. The receipts for the year were :— 
From Peradeniya 
Hakgala . 
Henaratgoda 
Anuradhapura 
Badulla ... 
Sales 
Rs 
2.389 
815 
605 
68 
93 
c. 
81 
21 
53 
25 
7 
3,971 88 
Total .. 
The estimated value of plants and seeds supplied gratis is :— 
From Peradeniya 
Hakgala 
Henaratgoda ••• •■■ 
Badulla 
1 2. — Expenditure. 
The total cost of my Department for the year has been :— 
Total 
Number of 
Purchasers. 
484 
128 
82 
42 
47 
783 
Rs. c. 
435 0 
474 35 
60 60 
122 88 
1.492 83 
Rs. 
Salaries 
Gardeners' and Labourers' wages :— 
Peradeniya 
Hakgala ... 
Henaratgoda 
Anuradhapura 
Badulla ... 
Travelling and collecting 
Rs. c. 
21,547 66 
7,493 89 
3,999 48 
2,199 66 
1,193 81 
1,499 73 
16,386 57 
1,562 31 
Stationery 
Postage and Telegrams 
Pots, Tools, Labels, Books, &c. 
Seeds and Plants 
Upkeep of Racecourse Reserve 
Special votes : — 
Completion of Octagon Con- 
servatory 
Water supply (Hakgala) ... 
Completion of Carriage-shed 
(Hakgala) 
Towards publication of 
"Flora of Ceylon" (£250) 
Rs. c. 
99 42 
70 61 
3,462 54 
380 75 
161 56 
292 44 
497 51 
299 51 
4,626 50 "9,890 84 
Total 
49,387 38 
Peradeniva. February 6, 1895. 
HENRY TRIMEN, F.R.S., Director. 
