Supplement to This Days Issue. 
EXTEACTS FROM THE REPORT 
OP THE 
Cultivation. — For some time past I have been desirous to show to greater advantage various 
attractive climbing or twining plants of moderate size, which are soon lost to sight if planted out 
amid the general mass of vegetation ; and in the early part of the year I erected near the conserva- 
tory five domed trellis-work frames for their support. These are 8 ft. in height by 6 ft. wide, 
composed wholly of iron rods and wire net, and each accommodates six creepers. For the most 
part these plants have done well, and a good display of flowers kept up. 
Among the i^lants which have flowered in Peradeniya for the first time during 1890, 
the following may be noted : — Impatiejis Haivkeri, Lysidice rhodostegia. Eucalyptus alha, Kalan- 
choe earned, Grias cemliflora, Moicrirm guianensis, Oxyanthus nataleyisis, Gardenia Tlmnhergia, 
Ardisia Oliveri, Payena Leerii, Araujia grcmdiflora, Sola'num pensile, Odontadenia Harrisii 
( = Bignonia regalis. Bull ), Jacaranda mimosoefolia, Thunhergia affinis, ndclunect, Weillmchii, 
Costus mosaicus. Zingiber corallinum, Eucharis Sanderi, Griffinia liyacinthma, Erythrutis 
Beddomii, Anthurium Rothschildiconirn ; and of orchids : — Burl/vngtonia Candida, Sctccolahivm 
gigantenm, Epidendruin vitellinum, Pleione humilis, Cattleya Lawrenceana, C. velutma, C. 
Percivaliana, Vanda gigantea, Ghysis bractescens, Cypripedium Argus, C. Laivrenceanum, G. 
Roezlii, C, Spicerianum, G. Sedeni var. candidulwm, Dendrohiutn crassinode, D. undulatum, 
Oncidium Jiexuosum, 0. reflexurn, Plialcenopsis rosea, Bifrenaria Hamiltonice, Brassia niaculata, 
Stanliopea graveolens, Miltonia Cloivesii, Gongora ( Acr opera) sp., Acineta nurnboldtii, Ccelogync 
speciqsa. 
The first flowering also of the coco-de-mer palm (Lodoicea requires special 
notice here. The tree is in its fortieth year, and examination of the immature flowers shows it to 
be a male. The inflorescence appeared at the end of June, being put forth from the stem between 
the halves of the split base of one of the leaf-stalks. I regret to say that it never got beyond the 
bud stage, some mischievous person having cut off the whole inflorescence soon after its appearance. 
We may however now expect the production of flowers each j^ear. 
A fine talipot palm came into flower in the middle of November, and is in full blossom at the 
end of the year. I believe this tree to be in its fiftieth year. 
Race-course Ground. — This piece of Crown land is immediately opposite the Garden frontage, 
and has lain waste for many years. Since the foundation of the Gardens it has always been more or 
less under our control, and since 1886 it has been placed under my general care in the interest of the 
Kandy Race Committee. But I have never possessed any funds for its improvement. 
At the end of 1888 the proi^rietors of the adjoining tea estate applied for a lease of the land 
for extending their plantation, and the matter was referred to me. I recommended that the 
portion out of sight of the road should be so leased, but that the remainder forming the frontage to 
the high road should remain under my charge. This was done, and about eighteen acres 
remain so reserved. The small sum received as rent is also handed over to me towards the upkeep, 
and with this 1 have cleared the land and levelled it. A hedge of dwarf bamboo has been plantecl 
along the whole front, and for the present I contemplate keeping the whole under turf. The 
abolition of this wilderness of weeds close to our bounds has much improved the appearance of the 
entrance to the Gardens. 
Visitors. — The book kept at the Lodge shows that 1,451 persons signed their names during 
the year. These are almost wholly visitors from home or from foreign countries, residents in the 
Colony not being asked to sign. 
New Edition of Hand-Guide. — The second edition of this little book having run out, I 
prepared a third, considerably enlarged and brought up to date. Though printed in January this 
was not actually published till June, the delay having been caused by the time required for the 
production of an excellent new plan of the Garden printed in colours at the Surveyor-General’s Ofiice. 
