54 CHINCHONA CULTIVATION IN INDIA. 
ficiently established in growth to bear removal in three or four months, 
d it be deemed desirable by Government to commence their dis- 
tribution so soon,—on a small scale, of course, at first. It may be 
thought advisable to allow applicants to have, at a price to be deter- : : 
mined upon, a few, say four or five plants, to enable them to ascertain 
the suitableness or otherwise of localities they may have selected for the 
cultivation of this valuable plant. Some plants of C. succirubra re- 
ceived from the establishment at Kew during the past year, and which 
arrived in not very strong condition, I have deemed it desirable to keep 
at Peradenia, for propagation from by cuttings: Of 150 which were 
dispatched from Kew, 110 survived, and are now growing well here. 
From these, and from a few plants we raised from seed, Mr. Cameron 
has, by means of a hotbed he has constructed here, succeeded in striking 
a good many cuttings, which will be useful by-and-by for distribution 
in districts contiguous to this. 
* Although the climate of Peradenia is not so favourable for C. succi- 
rubra asis that of Hakgalle, some plants of it growing in the open 
ground here are nevertheless doing very well; and we find, that even 
at this low elevation they thrive best when well exposed to the light, 
with the sun upon them for an hour or two during the day. Exposure 
to the sun for the whole of the day is more than they can bear without 
injury. 
“ Of Chinchona officinalis, a small supply of most excellent seeds was 
received a few months ago from Mr. Clements R. Markham. From 
these a number of young plants have been raised by Mr. M‘Nicoll, 
and are in a thriving condition at Hakgalle. The climate of Peradenia 
is much too hot for this valuable species. 
“C. Calisaya has not succeeded so well with us as have the other 
kinds we have under cultivation, owing, I believe, to the plants, which 
were all received from Kew, having been injuriously affected by the 
long voyage from England. Iam expecting a number of plants of this 
desirable kind from Java; Mr. Van Spall, of the Civil Service of that 
island, who visited Ceylon a short time ago, having kindly interested 
himself in the matter, and obtained the sanction of the Javan Govern- 
ment for the transmission of some plants of C. Calisaya to this estab- 
lishment. » | 
=“ The following is a list of the Chinchona plants under cultivation at 
akgalle :— + 
