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poses included much more extensive plantations at the above 
and at lower altitudes. Headquarters for the work was estab- 
lished on a spur extending southward from the main range of the 
Blue Mountains at an elevation of about 5,000 feet. It is this 
central station with about ten acres of land, designated by the 
Jamaican government as Bellevue House and Grounds, that has 
been secured for the use of the Garden 
The buildings include a furnished residence, stable and ser- 
vants’ quarters, two glass houses, three buildings suitable for 
laboratories and offices, a storehouse and a small building de- 
signed for lodging visitors to the station, the entire suite being 
admirably adapted for the purposes for which it has been 
secure 
The etounds immediately around the buildings contain a large 
number of introduced ferns, shrubs and trees, together with 
many native species, and the experimental plots also lengthen 
the list of species accessible to the worker who visits Cinchona. 
Well-built trails or paths with easy grades penetrate the region 
Haven Gap and Morse’s Gap, three miles distant at a level not 
much different from the station, furnish unequalled opportuni- 
ties for the examination of a primitive tropical forést. The sum- 
mit of John Crow peak may be reached from Morse’s Gap, and 
here at an elevation of 6,000 feet the forest of tree ferns is so 
luxuriant that a view of the surrounding lower country is ob- 
tained with difficulty. The wealth of ferns, hepatics, and other 
lower forms as well as of seed-plants that may be found here is 
remarkable. In addition, the flora of the coastal region of the 
island, and the vast collections in Hope Gardens and Castleton 
Gardens place within easy reach of the visitor an enormous num- 
ber of species native to regions with a range of conditions from 
the most humid to those of extreme aridity. The algal flora of 
the coast is also easily accessible. 
The data on page 5, taken from the government record illus- 
trate the general climatic conditions prevalent at Cinchona. 
The station at Cinchona is in direct communication with King- 
