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very careful of his plants, which, from his observations, have in their 

 natural position a temperature not above 60°, and generally below 50° 

 Fahrenheit, and sometimes even at freezing-point. The objects had 

 much to suffer in this heat, which must have been injurious to them, 

 since they had made, including the transport from Bolivia, a land jour- 

 ney of six weeks. Shades of tents, etc., might ward off the sun's rays, 

 but the glass cases were daily obscured with steam inside. The cases 

 were opened, to clear away the mildew that had collected in them ; and 

 it was found good to repeat the operation daily. The mildew was 

 continually renewed, and had to be taken away. At the beginning of 

 the voyage, and after leaving the Sandwich Islands, the cases were in- 

 spected, and those that required water were supplied with it, however 

 very sparingly. 



The stronger plants only began in any degree to sprout ; the others 

 showed no signs of doing so, although the stems evidently retained 

 life. Some of them during the voyage began to shoot out at the root, 

 whereas of the weaker plants, the parts above the soil appeared to be 

 dying off, although it was apparently to be expected that they would 

 shoot later. It was thought advisable not to endanger the plants by 

 an untimely inspection, or loosening of the soil. 



We were informed, under date of the 22nd of December, 1854, that 

 Mr. Hasskarl had arrived at Batavia on the 13th of that month, with 

 twenty cases containing Quinquina plants, and at the same time, that 

 a longer delay at Callao was caused by the difficulty of obtaining pro- 

 visions and fuel; further, that at about 150 leagues from the Philippine 

 Islands, the ship had encountered a dreadful hurricane, and had suf- 

 fered much damage. They arrived at Macassar on the 3rd of Decem- 

 ber. As a long voyage now was considered bad for the plants, Mr. 

 Hasskarl took his collection on board a steamship stationed there, and 

 arrived at Batavia on the 13th, as mentioned. 



Measures were immediately taken by the Governor-General to trans- 

 port the plants to the higher-situated Ijipannas, in which however a 

 delay of two days was occasioned by the tempestuous weather. 



Mr. Hasskarl, on his arrival, was charged with the cultivation of the 



Quinquina at Java, 



We have mentioned some seeds sent by Mr. Hasskarl to the Nether- 

 lands. The consequences thereof are to be considered as resulting di- 

 rectly from the mission carried out by that gentleman, and what is to 

 be said of them will find an appropriate place here. 



