BOTANICAL NEWS. 319 
ý OTANICAL Socrety or Eprxsureu.—July 9th.— Professor Balfour, Vice- 
resident, in the chair. The following communications were rea De- 
seription of New Genera and Species of Diatoms from the South Pacific (No. 2), 
by R: K. Greville, LL.D, 2. Description of the Fruit and Seed of Cleroden- 
ee Cultivation on the Neilgherry hills. Transmitted by Dr. Cleghorn. 
Bv of Chinchona is likely to supply a new produce for the trade of 
Mr. Vincent has secured 5000 Chinchona plants for the land he has 
pare n de Facien, another enterprising planter, has secured as many 
more. Altogether, the orders on record exceed the number of plants Mr. 
Tvor (the superintendent of the Ootacamund garden) will be able to supply 
poe settings from their own stock which planters in the meantime will have 
B. to rear, will be something considerable, for a single plant, some six feet . 
igh, in the publie garden here, has given Mr. M‘Ivor no less than 900 cuttings, 
each the nucleus of a healthy sapling now, with the promise of a giganti 
th 
av fter. The enormous source of weal which the Chinchona points 
actually derived from brick n a shoot is taken off a plant it is imme- 
nds of these 
E: covered with what look like 
Mis more than diminutive leaves thrust into them. Here the shoots are 
llowed to remain till they recover from the shock attending their severance 
pots charged with à mix- 
e process of rooting 
; ili Several acres of shola land in the vicinity of the Government garden 
Ye been planted, and there can be no do + that wherever the shade of a 
i pined and 
r. M‘Iyor will cheerfully lead visitors, are very remarkable. 
ia from the umbrage of a group of trees, the plants look exceedingly 
pai but their healthfulness, size, and vigour portion to 
their approximation to shade. Some plants, which w 
"à umm in various positions a year ago, fully bear ‘ 
shade look sickly, and those subjected to drippings look worse. 
