Prefatory Note with regard to the Supplements of 
the Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Peradeniya. 
a ' 8 7 P0S6d to PObl,Sh “ the form Supplements to 
the Annals certain pieces of useful work more of the nature 
of compilations than of original scientific work : for example 
^*“ f ^ b00k0f ECOnOmi0 ^"Ctca revised Listof 
n theTV 7 ’ &C ' Th ® Sa PP l6m «te will be included 
2!^°*: the Journal, and portions of them will 
Z,Z* , y ' 7 9ll0Uld be detached from the rest 
mding, as they are separately paged with a view to 
b<mad when c ° mpiete - a few «*■» 
as sen- t° 10n are printec1 ’ an< * wIien complete will be sold 
en “ ^ *•«- 
ohtai d h ’ 38 a rule ’ 1)6 8old separately, but may be 
a^ ar y Purchasing the whole number in which they 
It is not intended that the number of Supplements shall 
excee t e number of volumes, though it is probable that 
he publication of a second supplement may commence before 
tne hrst is complete. 
