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Supplement  to  the  “ Tropical  Agriculturist"  [Sept.  2,  1895. 
cou.staut  action  upon  the  soil  round  about  its  roots 
lead  to  two  distinct  and  beneficial  results  in  regard 
to  the  vine,  whether  pepper  oi  grape,  or  any  other 
creeper  which  may  grow  at  its  roots.  During  the 
wet  season  it  takes  away  the  excessive  moisture 
which  may  lead  to  fungoid  growths  at  the  roots 
of  the  vines,  and  in  the  dry  season  it  may  without 
artificial  aid,  such  as  root  pruning,  bring  about 
naturally  and  from  the  dryness  of  the  soil  the 
inspissation  of  sap  which  is  necessary  in  a tree 
for  the  development  of  blossom  and  crop.  If  this 
is  proved,  then  grape  culture  in  Ceylon  will  be 
simplified  into  a system  of  superficial  pruning 
and  annual  manuring. 
PLANTER. 
CEYLON  WOODS. 
U 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
101 
Jf5 
102 
50 
103 
104 
105 
106 
51 
107 
108 
109 
110 
62 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
5S 
123 
124 
125 
(Continued from  July  iasue.) 
LeguminosEC  (Papilionaceae). 
Erythrina  indica  Erabadu. 
Dalbergia  fiondosa. 
Pongamia  glabra.  Magul-karanda. 
Pericopsis  mooniana  Nedun.  (Crnsal  pinem). 
Poinciana  regia. 
Cassia  fistula.  Ehela. 
,,  marginata.  Ratu-wa. 
,,  siamea.  Wa  Aramana. 
,,  sp. 
Dialium  ovoideum.  Gal-siyambala. 
Tamarindus  indica.  Siyambala. 
Bauhinia  racemosa.  Mayila.  (Mimosa?). 
Adenanthera  pavonia.  Madatiya. 
Dichostrachys  cineria.  Andara. 
Acacia  planifrons. 
,,  leucophlea.  Maha-audara.  Katu- 
andara. 
,,  melanoxylon. 
Albizzia  lebbek.  Mara. 
,,  odorotissiiiia.  Suriya-niara. 
,,  stijmlata.  Kabal-mara.  Hulan-mara. 
Pitliecolobium  saman  (rain-tree.) 
Kosaccic. 
Pygeum  wightianum.  Ununu. 
Rhizophorace;e. 
Carallia  integerrima.  Dawata. 
,,  calycina.  Ubberiya. 
Weihea  zeylanica. 
Anisophyllea  zeylanica.  Weli-penna. 
Combretacem. 
Tenninalia  belerica.  Bulu. 
,,  i)arviflora.  Hunpalamla. 
,,  glabra.  Kumbuk, 
Gyrocarpus  Jacqiuni.  Hima. 
Myrtaceie. 
Eugenia  aquea.  Wal-jambu. 
,,  gardneri. 
, , revoluta. 
assimilis. 
calophyllifolia. 
,,  operculata.  Bata-komba,  Kobo-mal. 
, jambolana.  Mali  a- dan. 
brachteata.  Tenil)iliy.a. 
,,  mooniana.  Pinibaru. 
Barringtonia  acutangula.  Ela-midella. 
Careya  arborea.  Kabata  (Pat.ana  oak). 
Eucalyptus  globulus. 
Melastomaccio. 
Meniecylon  capitellatuin.  Dodankaha.  Weli- 
kaha. 
Lythrace.'c. 
Lagerstrocmia  flos-roginm.  Muruta. 
Axinandra  zeylanica.  Kekiiiwara. 
RAINFALL  T4KEN  AT  THE  SCHOOL  OF 
AGRICULTURE  DURING  AUGUST,  1895. 
1 . . 
Nil 
13 
..  -22 
25 
. . Nil 
2 ... 
Nil 
14 
. . Nil 
26 
. . Nil 
3 . . 
Nil 
15 
. . Nil 
27 
■ • Nil 
4 . . 
■03 
16 
. . 11 
28 
• • -08 
6 . . 
Nil 
17 
. . Nil 
29 
• • -02 
6 . . 
•07 
18 
..  -07 
30 
• • Nil 
7 . . 
•03 
19 
. . -23 
31 
. . Nil 
8 . . 
•01 
20 
. . -03 
1 
. . -02 
9 . . 
•12 
21 
. . Nil 
— 
10  .. 
Nil 
22 
. . Nil 
Total 
..  1-29 
11  .. 
Nil 
23 
. . -15 
12  . . 
•07 
24 
. . -03 
Mean 
. . -04 
Greatest  amount 
of  rainfall  in 
any 
24  hours 
the  19th 
instant,  •23 
inches. 
Recorded  by  W.  0.  Rowlanu.s. 
♦ 
GENERAL  ITEMS. 
The  Rew  authorities  and  our  local  Entomologist 
would  appear  to  be  at  some  variance  inregard 
to  the  new  pest.  Or  thezia  insignis  vel.  nacrea. 
Mr.  Green  in  his  paper  on  the  subject  stated 
that  “ there  is  little  doubt  but  that  we  owe  the 
introduction  of  this  pest  to  plants  received  from 
Kew,”  . . . “ where  it  is  now  said  to  be  doing 
an  enormous  amount  of  damage.”  In  the  June- 
July  number  of  the  Kew  Bulletin,  reference  is 
made  to  this  report  in  the  Miscellaneous  Notes, 
where  we  lead,  “ It  is  undoubtedly  possible  that 
the  Orthezia  may  have  reached  Ceylon  by  way 
of  Rew.  It  is  not,  however,  very  probable,  and 
the  reverse  may  just  as  well  have  been  the 
case.  It  exists  in  the  public  exhibitions,  how- 
ever, from  which  plants  are  not  drawn  for 
exportation.  Tlie  plants  in  the  propagating 
liouses  from  which  distribution  is  made  are 
kept  scrupulously  clean,  and  every  precaution  is 
taken  to  send  tliem  out  free  from  taint  of 
any  sort  or  kind....  Mr.  Green’s  statement  as  to 
the  enormous  amount  of  damage  in  the  plant- 
houses  caused  by  the  insect,  is  very  much 
exaggerated, as  far  as  Rew  is  concerned, 
the  Orthezia  is  rather  a scienitific  curiosity 
than  a troublesome  pest.” 
Owners  of  fruit  trees  who  suffer  from  the 
ravages  of  the  flying-fox  might  try  this  preventive, 
which  is  said  to  have  been  used  in  New  South 
AVales  wtth  good  effect : — “ The  alleged  remedy 
is  to  dip  strips  of  rag  in  hot  melted  sulphur,  and 
hang  them  in  the  fruit  trees.  The  idea  was 
borrowed  from  an  experiment  in  England  where 
sulphur  was  used  to  keep  off  w'easels  and  other 
vermin  from  destroying  pheasants,  partridges, 
etc.,  and  it  was  thought  that  sulphur  might  have 
some  effect  on  flying-foxes  in  keeping  them  off 
fruit  trees.  The  remedy  is  simple  enough,  and 
an  experiment  on  a small  scale  would  be  a trifling 
undertaking  for  the  poorest  fruit-grower.” 
Mr,  Hugh  McMillan,  who  has  been  appointed 
head  Gardener  of  the  Royal  Botanical  Gardens, 
Beradeniya  is  comes  from  Rew,  where  he  entered 
the  Royal  Gardens  in  1893,  having  been  pre- 
viously in  charge  of  gardens  in  Wales.  Tlve 
Kew  Bulletin  notices  two  other  Colonial  appoint- 
ments from  Rew,  viz,  Mr.  Cliarles  Henry 
Humpliriea  to  the  Gold  Coast  botanical  statioii 
