Sept. 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 
the most cbarming in the city of Colombo, the eye 
is caught at once by the splendid pandal that has 
been erected at the gate. At the top, the figures 
of 1899 are entwined in a circle and below the 
inscription reads : — 
AGRI-HORTICULTURAL 
SHOW 
Welcome 
TO HIS EXCELLENCY 
SIR E. N. WALKER, K.C.M.G, 
THE LIEUT.- GOVERNOR OF CEYLON. 
Up the drive the road is lin°d with the slender 
rustling arches of young coconut leaves, bent over 
and fixed into bamboo stems. The front of 
the School buildings are also suitably decorated. 
Entering one finds the room devoted to food 
products on the left. Down the whole length of 
the left-hand side lie numerous collections of 
paddy, in which article there was evidently great 
competition. A highly finished exhibit was in 
No. 6 (Section III.)— a collection of 15 kinds of 
grain set in an elegant light wooden case. On 
opposite side the bales of cinnamon (25 lb. each) 
and exhibits of cacao and of tea in 2 classes (grown 
belowandabove 1,500 ft. )are conspicuous. Amongst 
the bundles of cinnamon, also, one is noticeable from 
its being enclosed in a carefully constructed 
wooden case. The variety of native sweets ar- 
ranged on the table gave the .judges a deal of 
ditticulty. One overheard remarks like the follow- 
ing : A. — "A very striking taste!" B— "Rather 
pungent, though?" A — " Yes, but acceptable to 
the natives, perhaps." B. — " Oli ! to judge from 
their point) of view, — yes." A. — "I think it should 
be awarded the prize." B. — "I agree, though I 
shouldn't choose it for dessert." Along tiie main 
and apples from the local Australian stores — 
bore the happiest appparance. In the first yard 
on the left were the poultry (Section IV— Class B) 
most striking of which seemed to be a cage on 
the extreme left, No. 6— six village-reared fowls — 
and three other cages, No. 7, of 2 pairs of pigeons 
reared in Ceylon : in the latter were contained 
.someprettyFantails(white and black), Egyptian and 
English pigeons, and Pouters, Jacobins and Nuns. 
The next rooms, (right and left,) are devoted 
respectively to Vegetable Products, where picked 
specimens of coir and other native libres may 
be seen, and Arts and Manufactures : here there 
were half-a-dozen lace women with exceptionally 
good examples of work on the pillows before them, 
but the outstanding object was a magnificently 
carved dressing-table and cabinet, symbolical of 
harvest. In the centre is Messrs Cave& Go's classic 
photograph of a single palm by the moonlit-shore— 
the emblem of the immemorial mainstay of the 
island's prosperity — while on either side are 
stout lusty figures, the anatomy of which is so 
carefully done as almost to fail to attract notice ; 
some minutes' study, however, of the workmanship, 
of the arms and legs especially, recalled to us the 
classic casts of the Louvre in Paris. One or 
two ebony exhibits showed the most finished 
chiselling and shaping, but the central piece we 
refer to was a real creation of mature thought, aad 
a design achieved with remarkable success. A fine 
ebony cabinet too should be noticed. There 
were some splendid bulls among the cattle ex- 
hibits ; but the gem of these was a tiny little 
bull, calf with silver caps on its horns, and 
scarcely higher but not less proud than the little 
eight-year-old podian who stood beside it. The Hor- 
ticultural Room was the chief centre of attraction 
this afterneon. There were three exhibits of 
high quality for the Gold Medal, and the award 
gave general satisfaction. Most charming perhaps 
in the whole room, however, was the single ex- 
hibit of six orchids, the mauve Dendrobium 
Phalenopsis and Catteleya Bowringiana taking 
the palm for delicacy of colouring and form. 
Of the Cannas, the Papa and AUemania showed 
magnificent blooms, adding materially to the 
colouring of the radiant display. The "ceiling of 
the room was decorated with greenery and festoons 
at the junctions of which hungbouquets of blossoms, 
A large porch-pandal had been erected at the en- 
trance to this, the Flower Section, and the pillars 
were entwined with spirate greenery. It was here 
that His Excellency was to a light tliis afternoon at 
4-30 p.m., thereby signalling the opening of 
the Show. Below will be found the list of 
Judges, Exhibits and Awards, a Silver Medal being 
understood in the latter list (which is complete 
all but about a dozen awards) where no specific 
mention of a prize is to be found. 
LIST OF OFFICERS. 
The following are the officers for the show :— 
Patron : His Excellency the Governor. President : 
His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor. 
COMMITTEE, 
The Hon. F E Elha (Chairman); H.E. Major- 
General Hobson, the Hon. Justice Lawrie, the 
Hon. Justice Browne, the Hon. F E Saunders, 
the Hon. H L Wendt, Sir Harry Dias, 
Mr. F Beveu, Mr. P Ooomaraswamy, Mr. 0 
Dneberg, Editor " Dinakaraprakasa," Editor 
' Sarasavisandaresa " Mrs. F R Ellis Messrs J 
Ferguson, W H Figg, J 0 Huxley, F G A Lane, 
t> L Ijoss, S D Mahawalatenne, Jacob de Mel, 
W Nock, S C Obeyesekera, James Peiris, Henry A 
Perera, F H Price, J Clevis de Silva, W A de Silva, 
G W Sturgess, H VanCuylenburg, J C Willis and Dr. 
Yandort. Hony. Secy. Mr. C Dneberg. 
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. 
.Son. G M Fowler, (Cbairman), Me.«srs 
F H Price, W Nock, H Macmillan, P D Siebel T 
Sammugam, E C Davies, J W Vanderstraaten, 
James Peiris, Henry A Perera, A FBroun H T S 
Ward. Hony. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr. C 
Dneberg. 
The gathering this afternoon was a very laroe 
and representative one and among those present 
were:--Mr. F. H. Price, Mayor of Colombo, Mr, 
and Mrs, J. Fer},nison, Mr. and Mrs. W E 
Davidson, Mr. W. T. Pearce and Mi.-vs Pearce 
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Obeyesekera, Mr. and Mr.s 
H. L. Daniel, Dr. H. M. Fernando, Mu(ialiv,ir 
Jolm b. Perera, the Misses de Mel, Mr H J 
Soysa, Mr. W. M. Soysa, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold 
Dias, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor Rajapakse, Mr. and 
Mrs. Owen de Run, Mr. J. W. Vanderstraaten. 
Rev. and Mrs. Corlett, Mr. and Mrs. J. Morton 
Dr. Attygale, Mr. Sam W. Soysa, Mr. Francis 
Perera, Mudaliyar Philip Perera, Mr. Meedeaiya 
R.M.. Mr. L. de Livera and the Misses de Livera! 
&c., &c. ' 
LIST OF AWARDS, 
FLO WEES AND PLANTS. 
FLOWERING PLANTS IN POTS. 
J udges :— Mr. G M Fowler, Mr. Nock and 
Mr. Macmillan. 
Orchids, Foreign (six)— Hon. Dodwell P J3rowne. 
Asters (six)— Mr. P D Siebel. 
Cannas (six)— Mias Lily Vanderstraaten. 
Ghryaanthemuma (three)— Mr. H W Grieve, 
