20 CHINCHONA CULTIVATION IN BENGAL. 



duce seeds till they have attained a few years' growth. It is expected 

 that in a year or two large quantities of seeds Avill be obtained. 

 Chinchona seed has always been raised under glass, in order to ensure 

 the germination of the greatest possil^le proportion of the rare and 

 precious seeds, but Dr. Anderson lately caused a quantity of the seeds 

 of Chinchona Pahudiana (a worthless species) to be sown under mats, 

 and excellent plants were raised quite as well as under glass. It may 

 be hoped from the result of this important experiment that the pro- 

 pagation by cuttings may be shortly discontinued, and that any person 

 wishing to commence Chinchona cultivation may be able to do so by 

 simply purchasing a little seed. 



4. The propagation (at the Darjeeling Government Gardens) of C. 

 succirubra by cuttings has been discontinued and the stock plants 

 thrown away, because enough nursery plants have already been ob- 

 tained to complete the planting of 1000 acres, which is the area 

 intended to be occupied by C. succirubra. The stock plants of C. 

 Calisaya have been increased from 4158 to 10,000, because it has 

 been ascertained that the species is a very valuable one in quinine, and 

 the number of this species planted out is as yet very few as compared 

 with that of C. succirubra and C. officinalis. The stock plants of C. 

 micrantha have been thrown away. The stock plants of C. officinalis 

 have not been increased, as seed is expected this year, and better plants 

 can be produced by seed than from cuttings, 



5. The increase during the year of all the species of Chinchona 

 plants is 673,654, being 12,816 less than that of the preceding year. 

 The increase in each month is as under : — 



1868. 



April 63;600 



May 70,400 



June 91,000 



July 204,000 



August .- 88,200 



September 72,000 



October 51,000 



November 38,000 



December 2,000 



1869. 



Januarv 2,000 



