568 MANUAL OF THE NILAQIRI DISTRICT. 



CH. XXX. fii-es, but the temperature should not be permitted to rise above 



Chinchcna ^^^° ^- Gi-reen bark of tolerably mature age loses about two- 



CuLTURR. thirds of its weight in the process of drying. 



Packi^o~" The best mode of packing the bark for shipment to Europe 



is in bags made of gunny cloth, consisting of two layers^ with an 



intermediate coating of tar, which ensures the purpose of uniting 



the layers and effectually excluding moistare. 



The following list of books on chinchona is taken from Dr. 

 King's Manual : — 



List of books List cf the chief Modern Works relating to Cinchona (from Flilckiger 

 onchiuchona. ^,^'^ Hanbun/s Fharmacographia, page 328). 



Berg (Otto), Chinarinden der i^harmaTcognos^tischen Sammlung zu 

 Berlin. Berlin, 1865, 4to, 48 pages and 10 plates shewing the 

 microscopic structure of barks. 

 Bergen (Heinrich von), Monographie der China. Hamburg, 182G, 

 4to, 343 pages and 7 coloured plates representing the following 

 barks: — China rubra, Huanuco, Calisaya, flava, Haamalies, 

 Loxa, Jaen. An exhaustive work for its period in every 

 direction. 

 Blue-books — East India (Cinchona Plant), folio. — 



A. — Copy of correspondence relating to the introduction of the 

 Cinchona 2yl'^nt into India, and to proceedings connected 

 with its cultivation, from March 1852 to March 1863. 

 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 20th 

 March 1863. 272 pages. Contains correspondence of 

 Royle, Markham, Spruce, Pritchett, Cross, Mclvor, 

 Anderson and others, illustrated by 5 maps. 

 B. — Copy of further correspondence relating to the introduction of 

 the Cinchona plant into India, and to proceedings connected 

 vnth its cultivation, from April 1863 to April 1866. 

 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 18th 

 June 1866. 379 pages. Contains monthly reports of 

 the plantations on the Nilgiri Hills ; annual reports for 

 1863-64 and 1864-65, with details of method of propaga- 

 tion and cultivation, barking, mossing, attacks of insects, 

 illustrated by woodcuts and 4 plates ; report of Cross's 

 journey to Pitayo, Avith map ; Cinchona cultivation in 

 Wynaad, Coorg, the Pulney Hills and Travaucore, with 

 map ; in British Sikkim, the Kangra Valley (Punjab), 

 the Bombay Presidency, and Ceylon. 

 C. — Copy of all correspondence between the Secretary of State for 

 India and the Governor'General, and the Governors of 

 Madras and Bombay, relating to the cultivation of Cin- 

 chona plants, from A2)rill866 to April 1870. Ordered by 

 the House of Commons to be printed, 9th August 1 >^70. 

 Contains reports on the Nilgiri and other plantations, 

 with map ; appointment of Mr. Broughton as analytical 

 chemist, his reports and analyses ; reports on the relative 



