and travel notes were in German and published in the Allgemeine Gartenzeitung ("General Garden News") which was edited by his father. These included short notes on novelties such as a large coconut palm from Ceylon. He used the English version of his name John in his later English language publications. In one of his early entomological works, he wrote an introductory piece on the problems with research in far-away places, his lack of access to research and collections and a resentment of the attitudes of European entomologists who treated him as a mere collector. His English language publications include: Products of Ceylon at Paris Universal Exhibition. 'Ceylon Almanac' 1856. Entomological papers, being chiefly descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera with such observations on their habits etc., as appear in any way interesting. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 25: 381-394, 523-554 (1856). Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2)19:241-249, 374-388; (2)20:368-375 (1857) Entomological papers, being chiefly descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera with such observations on their habits etc., as appear in any way interesting. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 26: 132-153 (1857). Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3)2: 175-183, 418-431 (1858). Observations on the enemies of the coffee tree in Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon : Ceylon Times. 31 pp. (1861). A second edition revised by S. Green was published as The coffee tree and its enemies: being observations on the natural history of the enemies of the coffee tree in Ceylon. Colombo : A.M. & J. Ferguson (1880). References External links History of Sri Lankan tea planters German naturalists German entomologists 1874 deaths 1828 births