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Supplement to the " Trepkal AyricuUmitl." 
[Aug. 1, 1900 
Mesu fen'ea, Artocarpus inteqrifolia. Xylopia 
parvijlora, Alhizzia stipulata, A. od^jratissima, A. 
lebbek, &c ; fuel there lue a few f^pecies which 
although they are found el^e-vheie, can bi^ said to 
be character! -,1 ic ; tlie-^e are Filicium riecipiens, 
Chickrassia to bularis, and Melia dubia. Terminalia 
belerica, attains an extraordinaiy size in this z ) !.-, 
iu which are o^her j^'igintic trees like Tetmiiieles 
nudi/lora and Ailanthus malabarica. Anioug the 
shrubs, Vitej- negundo is probably the most 
characteristic. Another charncrerisiic feature of 
thi.szoue is the great abundance of creepers which 
cover the tallest trees and render forest operations 
extremely diflicult. Some very haiulsome ff rus 
grow in this zone, the most notice;ible being 
Aspidium decurrens. A- subtriphyllum, A. 
cicutdrium, ;ind Adiantum lumulati un. 
The Park country of Uva can be included in 
this zone. It compri.^es the low lands of the 
eastern boundary of that province; and it has a 
quite characteristic fiora, very sirailnr to that of 
the Sub-Himalayan forests. The tiees whicli are 
found here are found only on the yiatanas and 
occasionally el ewlipve, jlieniost noiewortliy being 
Anogeissua latifulia, Butta frondo.<a. Terminalia 
c/iebiua T. beLerica, Zizyphus xyiopya, Frero. 
carpus mar rtpium, Miiium mduM, StercnUa 
colortii, Omeii'iu: orborea am] JJio^pyros melano.vy 
Ion, Tlie iuiiiergr'>u I h i-, iis in lit' Sn -fliui .- 
Is yan fxie.-it,', mo.stly gr s.- {Imperata urundincen). 
Near vvaiei -courses tlie floru ihai of llie (.luiaaiy 
dry zoiie type. 
The Wet zone includes the Western Province, 
the Province of Sabaiagamuis a excluding the 
Koloima Korale, the Galle and Macara districts of 
the Southern Province, the Hill di,-.tricts of the 
Central and Uva Provinces aud about one-half 
of the Kururiegala aud Chilaw districts of tlie 
north-western Province, or, in a few word-;,, the 
soutb-R extern and south-central portic'us of tliu 
island. Ii is the pt . tiou which receives ibe full 
foice of the South-west mousoou, aud includes 
the higher lands affected by the North-east mou- 
Eoon. The rainfall u-ually ranges from 80 to 200 
inches, hut it exceeds even this in some places, 
and rumour has it that in Bratue, to the South- 
west of Adam's Peak, it actually does not fall fsir 
nhort of 400 inches, 
{To be continutd.) 
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GENERAL ITEMS. 
The Queenslc^nd Agricultural Journal gives 
a corrcspoudeti' the following recipe lor oitiking 
a concrete " milk yard": — "The concrete should 
be made as follows— I part cement, 4 paits gravel 
(th«» gravel i-hou)d coi'tain naturally euougli 
sand for the purpose), 2 parts brokeo metal 
or stone (.not ovei' 2 ii.ches cubic); but all 
graYel (that is 6 parts) will do as well as if, 
not better than stone. Fine sand shnuld tiot be 
used under any conditions. The floor should he 
kd])t vpell nettf'd for several diiys after lavii g 
down. The concrnte may be laid on the sur- 
face of the ground as it is better not to break 
the crust." 
We are ijiformed in the same Journal that 
an Americon chemist is said to have diycovernd 
a process by whicli Aleximdria limestone cm 
be conveited into a '^iib-tance resHmbling wool, 
the threads of which are strong euwugh to 
admit of their being woven. The staple is. 
however, too short for the purpose. But the 
product has evidently a commercial value, as 
we are told that it is in exiensive use for 
packing round refrigerator.--, boiler cases, and 
pipes to preserve the heat in tiie latter ca^e. 
It is also n.-ed for deadening the sound on 
floors, and large quantities are being regularly 
shipped to tlie Philiippine Islands, to be used 
as a non-couduclor in the storehouses of the 
American troops. 
Thomas Barraclough of 20. Bnckler.-burg Road. 
L'uidon, E.G., i iheriisHS in ihe Planter (Calcutta) 
Faille.^' P .ienl Rl,e i F.bi e Exi r»cl i<i , sla'injj that 
it luodiiCfs in ■ ne opeiatLai 160 to 200 lbs. of 
dean fiiiie daily fiom the gieen sieius — va.ue 
£•''0 'o £;j5 : ccording to stale of the luaiket, 
Weighc net II cwt., gross 14^ cwi,, requires 
one horsepower. ^ 
We read iu the Indim Agriculturist that 
Messrs. Thirkell & Co. of Fi-nchurch .street have 
written to the Curator of the ludian Section 
in the Imperial Instiuite to say that they are 
prepared to take all the rhea ribbons that India 
cau produce for some years for £l6 jier ton, 
and that its offer to supply, at £40, decoi ticators 
which a'e capable of preparing 10 cwt. of stuff 
per day. Government, has been asked to fosier 
the cultivation of rhea as much as p'Ossibla. 
Ill forwarding the correspondence on the subject 
to the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Watt, 
reporter on economic products to jthe Goverumen; 
of India, shews that Messrs, Thirkell & Co. 
require the rtlibons in the crudest form. 
Some idea of the linancial results achieved by the 
Indian Forest Department may be informed by 
the fact, recorded in Mr. Riblteuhop's pamphlet, 
" Fores ty in India,'' that rlieas in the period 
1864 to 1867, the annual surplus was about 
iourteeu lacs; it has now reached eight ' lacs. 
In his sketch of the Hi--tory of Indian Botany, 
Sir George King incidentally meiuions that 
from bi!Eiboo> a very large amou:it of forest 
re\enue is annually deiived. The s,,le of b.imb. os 
for the year 1896-97 auioiinted ti.i no less than 
110 milious of stems. 
