342 TRANSPLANTATION OF THE PERUVIAN BARK 



In the beginning of the month of November, 1854, Mr, Teysmann 

 went to Tjipannas to prepare the ground for the transplanting of the 

 Quinquina plants there. 



The ground which JVIr. Teysmann judged proper for the purpose was 

 then covered with heavy wood ; this however being prepared, the trans- 



planting began. 



Tjibodas 



perhaps 300 or 400 feet higher than this place, and consequently 4600 

 to 4700 feet above the level of the sea. The soil is very mouldy, with 

 a porous, greasy, red subsoil, in which trees of colossal height, mostly 

 150 feet, with a diameter of four to six feet, thrive luxuriantly, but 

 which however are now cut down. The land lies to the north-west of 

 the deep ravine of Tjibodas, on the slope of the Gedeh Mountains, and 

 oiFers above, as well as below, good ground for extending the culture, 

 provided that the woods be felled. The climate through the whole 

 year, but particularly in the rainy season, is very damp, and the vege- 

 tation is at times wrapped in the clouds. 



To these are now to be added the Calisaya plants brought directly 

 from Peru by Mr.rHasskarl, thosq sent by Willink of Amsterdam, those 

 sent and yet to be sent from the Gardens of the University and of Am- 

 sterdam, and the plants which at different times have been sent from 

 the Netherlands to East India, besides those which are yet to come up 

 from seeds now there ^ by which it may be computed that the planta- 

 tions already made are, or will be in a short time, much more numerous 

 than the success of the culture required. 



How well soever we may be convinced that all the care we can desire 

 is given to the plants by Mr. Teysmann, it is not likely that the cultiva- 

 tion can be taken to heart better than by him who, on innumerable occa- 



it the living 



trees to Java. The observations concerning their growth, and the na- 

 tural state of the places where they are found, can be applied to the 



culture at Java. Numerous nartinnlars whiph flip. mnRf. 



cunous 



server, who has not visited the original places where they grow, would 

 pass by, are here brought to bear by the experience of Mr. Hasskarl. 

 The long residence of that natural philosopher at Java, his acquaintance 

 with the topography of the Island, with the elevations, table-lands, 

 mountains and their slopes, the constitution of the soil, and the com- 

 parison of all these with those in the countries where the Quinquina 

 grows; this rich treasury of knowledge and experience, we are of 



