Journal of the botanical gardens at Slave Island, Catturaand Colombo, June 1817 - January 1818 (Series 21.05) - No. 0017

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Soldier belonging to the 83 Regiment whom is employed as an overseer of the Garden thrive remarkable well particularly Endive, Cos Lettuce, Turnips, Onions, Carrots, Radish, and a few plants of the Artichoke from being the only ones on the Island which I hope to succeed in bringing to prefection

The red spider made it appearance in the Garden at the beginning of the Month and the dry weather has been rather two favourable for its depredation on the Vegetable Kingdom  The Gmelina asiatica, Bauhinia  tomentosa, Convolvulus Turpethum have suffered severely from it particularly the former which has lost all its leaves -

State of the Thermometer at the B.G Cattura

Weather
A.M.      
Date  12   6

 Ther
 
 6		 Weather
A. M.
6     12
 

Ther

9

 Weather
Noon.
12    6		 Ther

  12

 Weather
P. M. 
6    8		 Ther

3

 Weather
P. M.
8   12		 Ther

8

 Winds     
A.M.		 P.M.  
1           Fair 70 Clear 81 Clear 72 Clear 80 Clear 73 lan Breeze Sea B  
2.            - 71    - 80    - 82    - 72   79   -   -  
3             - 71    - 80     - 80  -   73   70      -  -  
4      Cloudy 70 Cloudy 80 Cloudy 72 Cloudy 75 Cloudy 82 N.E. N.C.  
5 73    - 72     - 82 Heavy rain 72 heavy rain 74 Lan Brees Sea B.  
6 70    - 80   - 81    - 74 Fair 71      
7 72    - 74   74   75   72      
8 Hazy 71    - 80   82   81   74      
9 70    - 73 Clear 82 Clear 80   74      
10 70 Clear 81   83   83   73      
11 71   80   82   82   71      
12 70   72   81   74 Clear 74   .  
13 70   74   83   81   73   Sea B.  
14 64   71   82   83   73      
15 70   72   74   82   72 lan B. Sea B.  
16 70   73   82   84   73      
17 71   72   80   83   74      
18 70   73   81   84   72      
19 63   72   80   83   71      
20 Cloudy 64   74   81   84   72      
21 63   73   80   83   73      
22 Hazy 62   73   82   84   72      
23 63   74   80   83   73      
24 64   73 Showers 82   84   74      
25 62   74   83   80   70      
26 61   80 Clear 82   81 Clear 74      
27 71   74   83   80   73      
28 64   73   80   84   70   N.E.  
29 62   74   81   83   73      
30 71   73   83   81   72      
31 73   80   83   74   73      
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