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could be obtained under: such: circumstances; and after this: amount 
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of time lost, money expended, and hopes disappointed,.they hadito - 
begin and fell the whole of the shade; to the almost utter destruction: of - 
their plantations ; and although we have been subjected to criticism in 
recommending a different course, I feel that it must: be admitted that; 
had we accepted argument or opinions against facts daily developed | 
before our eyes, together with the practical experience of generations, — 
we should have given cause for much more serious ‘strictures. (raqa 
- “ [t was proposed to confine our operations in the first instance to — 
two sites, namely, one suited for the experimental culture-of higher- | 
growing species, while the other was selected: for such species: as T - 
quire a warmer temperature. . With this view the site near Neddi- — 
wuttum was fixed upon for our first operations, possessing, as it does, - 
several advantages in reference to exposure, and varying in.elevation — 
from 4500 to 6300 feet above the level of the sea. The species to 
be cultivated here at the lowest elevations is the Red bark of Ecuador — 
and the Yellow or Calisaya bark of Bolivia; and on the highest eleva- - 
tion, the Crown barks of Lima and the Grey barks of Huanuco: The - 
site at Dodabetta is of limited extent, being originally Jittle above sixty 3 
acres; however, since the receipt of the Chinchona erespilla, we have — 
included in this site about twenty-five acres more, as being likely to suit 
the habit of this: species: and I trust this arrangement will meet the 
approval of Government. This site possesses a great variety of exposure, | 
and a great variety of soil also, and thus offers great advantages foran - 
experimental plantation... The species intended to be cultivated here i 
were C. nitida, or Grey bark, and varieties of C. officinalis, namely, — 
the original Loxa bark, the rusty Crown bark, and the fine Crown 
barks of commerce. Northern exposures have been selected for all the 
sites: this has been considered desirable, as the sun’s declination is — 
southerly during our dry, doubtful season ; consequently the northern — 
slopes of the hills are much more moist during the season than the - 
southern slopes, which receive the rays of the sun at nearly a right - 
angle, hence they become parched and. dried up; and this we con- . 
sidered would be injurious to the Chinchonas, and consequently avoided — 
selecting southern exposures for our plantations. 
“ With the of Government, we have arranged to plant; in | 
the season of 1863, 75 acres of Chinchona plants under various degrees - 
‘of shade of forest trees; but ouly a few aeres of this will be under 
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