340 TRANSPtANTATION OF THE PEKUVIAN BAKK 



Seeds of various sorts of Quinquina have successively been received 



at the Colonial office as follows - 



1. Cinchona Condaminea. Lai 



lancifoliay Wedd 



folia. 



Consul-General there, Mr. Lansberge, by the famous traveller Karstens. 

 Erom these seeds a few plants have been raised in the Academical Gar- 

 den at Leyden. From Mr. Hasskarl were received 



2. Cinchona amygdalifolia, Wedd. Sent immediately to Java per 

 Overland Mail. 



3, Cinchona Calkaya^ Wedd., from the Valley of Sandia, in the pro- 

 vince of Carabaya, in Peru. Of this sort a quantity was sent, imme- 



diately on its arrival, by post to Java ; another quantity was sown in 



the Botanical Garden. 



Wedd., var. fl 



badly in the Garden at Leyden. 



5, Cinchona ovata^ E. et P. {Cascarilla crispilla, rhiqua or chiqua. 

 We were informed that this, like No. 4, grows as a shrub in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hohubamba (Peru), 5-6000 Paris feet, on sunny slopes; 

 whereas No. 5 grows at 6-7000 feet in high woods, and even on slopes 



mica 



stances were taken into consideration in laying the seed to germinate, 

 and in the raising of the plant. 



The seeds received (with the exception of those sent directly to Java) 

 were immediately distributed by the Minister for the Colonies to the 

 Directors of the Botanical Gardens of the Universities and of Amster- 

 dam, to be terminated, and further cultivated. It will be unnecessary 



directors 



answer the views 



of the Minister. In the beginning of 1854, and since, in 1855, his 

 Excellency, even a short time after the sowing, received from the Bota- 

 nical Gardens favourable reports concerning the germination. 



With reference to the seeds that the Minister sent by the Overland 

 Mail to Java, to be sown, favourable advices have been received from 

 the Governor-General (see lower) ; which last circumstance induced the 

 Minister to request the return of the seeds from the Gardens in the 

 Netherlands, and to send them likewise by Overland Mail to East India. 

 It will be readily seen that the Minister, in trying and promoting the 

 matter by all the means in his power, has had no other aim than that 



