COMMERCIAL BOTANY. 



quote it in its entirety. " The Indian Government sent Mr. 

 R. Cross to New Grenada for the purpose of bringing to 

 England, for eventual transmission to India, plants of the 

 species of Cinchona yielding the ' Soft Columbian ' and 



YELLOW CINCHONA (Cinchona Calisaya). 



' Hard Carthagena ' barks of commerce. He arrived in this 

 country in March of last year with five Wardian cases con- 

 taining 400 plants of the former and 200 of the latter. 

 The hard Carthagena included as many as six different 



