Show weed threatens rice crop ceylon Is waging war on oil the water hyacinth called the lilac iliac devil by the natives which la Is threatening the count rys rice crop the pestilential weed has already gained a firm toot foot hold bold tn in bengal burma and lodo indo china peasant rice cultivators in bengal are suffering sulTer lne from its invasion nud and it has spread oer waterways an annj d canals so thickly as to shiest stop navigation Cey lons legislative nun un ell cil has voted funds to be used by the department depart mert of agriculture in its battle on the pest |