FOR lOie. 
CHAPTER 1. 
EXREXDITQRE, RECEIPT, SALE OE PRODEUE 
&c. 
Sale of Produce 
Royalty on Huano 
Export duty on (luano ... 
Rent of Crown Lands ... 
Rs 
1,515 
38 
4,616 
90 
980 
00 
13,971 
29 
Total Rs ... 21,083 57 
The total expenditure under A'Aricu'ture an 1 Crown Lin Is amouabel to Rs 11,874.81. 
I'he principal plants sold were the following' ; — 
<-iiant Bamboo (Dendroealamus gigantea). 
Hybrid Jaxa and Robusta coifee. 
Casuarina equisetifolia. 
Palm oil diard and soft kernel varieties). 
Among- the plants successfully introduced 
mentioned :— 
Casimiroa edulis. 
Eugenia pitonbo. 
Flacourtia Ramontclii var ; 
Rollinia sieberi. 
Carissa grandiflora. 
Saraca indica. 
Colvillea racemosa. 
Dipterix odorata (Tonka bean). 
Diospyros Kaki. 
Citrus improved varietiesb 
Cu II copal ( rrach\ lobiuiii verrucosum). 
Mang’oes (improved varieties) and a great 
variety of ornamental plants. 
during the year the following may be 
llawaian papaw. 
Coh'ea robusta. 
,, Quillou. 
,, canephora. 
,, Congensis. 
,, excelsa. 
,, Dybowskii. 
„ Java hybrids. 
About 59 varieties of Rattan seeds from Java; Singapore and the Malay States have also 
been received in 1916 but none of these have germinated as yet. Palm seeds take often a long 
time to g'erminate. Seeds of palm oil, for example, received from Lagos in 1912 are still 
germinating at the time of writing (February 1917). 
CHAPTER It. 
STRIKING SPECIES WHICH FLOWERED OR FRUITED FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
1. Sandoricum radiatnm (from Java).—This tree grows very quickly at various altitudes 
up to 600 feet. It will also stand a certain amount of shade and seems quite at home in the 
jungle, 'ihe largest tree (4 years old) at the Botanic Station is about 40 feet high and 
measm-e 20 inches girth, it fruited for the first time this year in October but the fruits were 
shed before maturity. 
2. Durian (Durio Zybethimus) (from Malaya).—The largest tree in the garden which is 
about 50 feet high, grows in rocky ground. It is 12 years old. It flowered regularly for the 
last three years but the flowers did not set except this year when 6 fruits were counted in 
December. It is hoped that some of them will reach maturity. They are already of the size 
of a child’s head. I am under the impression that this fruit tree is better adapted to the hills 
than to the low country, although it may not grow as quickly up country. 
3. The “Gros Michel” Banama of Jamaica of which suckers were received from Fiji in 
1912, is doing well at the Botanic Station. The bunches reach enormous dimensions and the 
flavour of the fruits is vei-y similar to that of the dwarf Chinese banana (banane gabou). 
4. Papaw from Hawaji seeds were received from Mr Fairchild of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. The seedlings fruited six months after planting and produced 
fruits from the very base of the stem, a feature which never happens with the other varieties 
already introduced. 
