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micrantha filled fifteen cases ; and the other fifteen received 

 the collection of O. sueeiruhra at Guayaquil. I also had six 

 cases of somewhat smaller dimensions constructed at Lima 

 for the plants from Huanuco. The fifteen cases containinfj; 

 the collection of chinchona-plants from Caravaya sailed from 

 the port of Islay on the 23rd of June, and reached Panama 

 on the 6th of July, 1860, when 207 had already begun to 

 throw out green shoots. On their arrival in England, in 

 August, these 207 plants were in a most flourishing and 

 healthy condition, and continued so until their arrival at 

 Alexandria early in September. But the intense heat of the 

 Red Sea, where the thermometer ranged from 99° in the 

 night to 107° in the day-time, proved too much for them, and 

 the damage was increased by a detention of a week at Bom- 

 bay. Their roots were attacked by rot, yet, on their arrival in 

 the Neilgherry liills, their leaves still looked fresh, and several 

 huncbed gi-een cuttings were obtained from them, which, 

 however, failed to strike. The cases containing the chinchona- 

 plants from Huanuco left Lima in September, and were also in 

 a most promising state when they reached England, but on 

 their arrival in India they were all dead. The " red-bark " 

 collection, under the able management of Mr. Cross, sailed 

 from Guayaquil on the 2nd of January, 1861. On their 

 arrival in England in excellent order, sis of them were left 

 at Kew as a precaution, and replaced by six plants of O. Cali- 

 saya supplied by Sir W. Hooker. At that season the climate 

 of the Red Sea is cool, and, owing to this cii-cumstance and 

 still more to the intelligent watchfulness of a good practical 

 gardener, 463 plants of C. sueeiruhra and six of C. Calisaya 

 were handed over to the superintendent on the Neilgherry 

 hills, in as vigorous and healthy a condition as could possibly 

 have been hoped for after such a voyage. 



The " grey-bark " seeds arrived in the NeilgheiTy hills 

 early in January, 1861, and the "red-bark" in the following 



