Chap. XXVIII. CULTIVATION OF CHINCHONA. 483 



CHAPTEK XXVIII. 



CULTIVATION OF THB CHINCHONA-PLANTS IN THE NEIL- 

 GHEERY HILLS, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF 

 MR. McIVOR. 



In previous chapters detailed accounts have been given of 

 the i^roceedings connected with the collection of chinchona 

 plants and seeds in South America, their conveyance to 

 India, and the selection of suitable sites for then- cultivation. 

 It now only remains to record the progress of this important 

 experiment in the Neilgherry hills during the last year, and 

 to offer some remarks on the contemplated measures con- 

 nected with, its future management. A very valuable Report 

 by Mr. Mclvor, on the same subject, will be foimd in an 

 Appendix. 



It is a subject of congratulation that the Government 

 should have at their disposal the services of one so admirably 

 fitted for the post of Director of chinchona cultivation as Mr. 

 Mclvor. This gentleman has superintended the Government 

 gardens at Ootacamund for fourteen years, and their beauty 

 as well as their usefulness are due to him ;^ while his peri- 

 odical visits to the Conolly teak plantations have been pro- 

 ductive of the most valuable results,^ and he has successfully 

 introduced a great number of English and other plants into 

 the Neilgherry hills.^ Mr. Mclvor combines with his attain- 

 ments as a scientific gardener great practical experience, and 



' " Mr. Mclvor deserves great credit 

 for the manner in wliich be has laid 

 out the garden. It is both a beautifid 

 pleasure-ground, and a valuable public 

 institution for the improvement of 

 indigenous, and the naturalisation 

 of foreign plants ; and it has been 



formed from the commencemeut by 

 Mr. Jlclvor, with great industry and 

 artistic skill, out of a rude ra^ine." — 

 Minute hy Sir Charles Trevelyan, Feb. 

 24th, 1800. 



■ Clegliom, p. 318. 



3 Cleghom, p. 180 and 359. 



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