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Vegetable Plots.— During the year a number of 
vegetable plots were prepared on which it is proposed to 
commence a series of experiments in the improvement of 
native vegetables and in the' introduction of new sorts. 
There is plenty of room for improvement in this direction. 
The work is one, like that of the improvement of fruits, 
which will require a considerable amount of careful and 
patient work, in order that progress may be made, and some 
time must elapse before any results are visible. 
Arboretum. — Most of the trees planted in 1907 are 
doing well, and any sickly or dead plants have been sup- 
plied. All remaining trees were manured. 
The ground is now entirely under grass, which is regu- 
larly cut, and a good portion of the ground has been 
stumped. 
Planting was carried out during the year, when a 
further 38 species were aCUWl tVm lotion, -tbo plants 
having been obtained from the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Peradeniya, and also from the Forest Department, Feder- 
ated Malay States, who supplied plants and seeds of several 
useful native timber trees. The following is the list of 
species added during the year : 
No. 
Name. 
Natural order. Local or common name- 
1. Castanospermum austr 
2. Heritiera littoralis 
3. Hura crepitans • 
4. Enterolobium calycocar 
5. Eryithrina umbrosa 
6. ,, indica -• 
7. ,, ovalifolia 
8. ,, picta ••• 
9. Term in alia belerica 
10. Cananga odorata • •• 
11. Mesua ferrea 
ale 
Leguminosce 
Sterculiaceas*-- 
Euphorbiacese 
■pum Legummosae • • * 
Combretaceas 
Anonaceae 
Guttiferae 
12. Bombax malabaricum 
13. Gmelina arborea ••• 
14. Ochroma Lagopus 
15. Pterocarpus dalbergioides 
16. ,, marsupium ••• 
X7. ,, echinatus ••• 
18. Parkia biglandulosa 
19. „ Boxburghii 
20. Barringtonia speciosa 
21. Galyophyllum inopbyllmn 
22. Creseentia cujete 
23. Parmentiera cereifera 
Malvacea? 
Verbemacete 
Malvaceae 
Leguminosae- 
Myrtaceae 
Guttiferae 
Bignoniaceae • 
Australian chestnut 
Looking-glass tree 
Sand box tree 
Bois immortelle 
Bulu 
(Hang- Ilang) kauaga 
Iron wood tree or penga 
bunga 
Red silk cotton 
Jamaica cork tree 
- Mudilla 
* Calabash 
Candle tree 
