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Figures, Maps, and Tables |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Note on Climatological and Elevational Zones |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (3) |
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The Natural Ecology of the Island and Processes of Early Ecological Change |
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4 | (21) |
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The Highland Ecologies in the Early Nineteenth Century |
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25 | (28) |
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Early-nineteenth-century Processes of Change |
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53 | (23) |
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The Transformation of the Middle Highlands |
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76 | (32) |
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108 | (39) |
| Conclusion |
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147 | (6) |
| Appendix 1 Sir Joseph Banks, Director of Kew Gardens, on the Principles on Which a Colonial Botanic Garden in Ceylon Should Be Founded [c. 1810] |
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153 | (2) |
| Appendix 2 Sir Joseph Banks's Instructions to William Kerr, First Gardener of the Royal Botanic Garden, Ceylon [1812] |
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155 | (2) |
| Appendix 3 Burning the Forest |
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157 | (2) |
| Appendix 4 Cinchona Harveting |
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159 | (2) |
| Appendix 5 Superintendents, Assistant Directors, and Directors of the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, in the Nineteenth Century |
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161 | (2) |
| Notes |
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163 | (44) |
| Bibliography |
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207 | (28) |
| Index |
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