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P S T S C R I P T 



Oct. 16, 1802. 



LATEST INTELLIGENCE OF THE CHINCHONA PLANTS, 

 FROM THE NEILGHERRY HILLS. 



Number of Chinchoua plants on the Neilgherry Hills on August 31st, 

 1862. 



Species. Number. 



C. Succirubra 30,150 



C Calisaya 1,050 



C. Condaminea (vox. Uritusinga') 41 



C. Condaminea (var. Chahuarguera) 20,030 



C. Condaminea (y^iY. Crispa) 236 



C, lancifolia 1 



C.nitida 8,500 



C. micrantha 7,400 



C. Peruviana 2,295 



Species without name 2,440 



C. Pahudiana 425 



Total 72,568* 



The total number of plants permanently placed out in the plantations, 

 on August 31st, 1862, was 13,700, and, although only recently transplanted, 

 they are in a very promising condition. The number placed out, at the 

 same date, in the nurseries in the open air, and in the hardening-off 

 frames, was 18,076, all in the finest possible state of health. The number 

 of small plants under glass, including those used for the production of 

 wood for propagation, was 40,792. 



There are four plantations for Chinchona cultivation, either cleared and 

 planted, or about to be cleared, at Neddiwuttum and Pycarrah ; besides 



* Sec page 490. 



