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lovely with palms, bamboos, the brilliant magenta of the mountain 
flag, the red of the young leaves of the mango. At 4,000 ft. the 
summit of Port Royal Range is reached and Kingston is in sight. 
Then a descent to 2,000 ft. must be made to ford the Yallahs 
River, a small stream in summer, though the round white 
boulders along its bed tell a tale of its work at high water. From 
the Yallahs the climb to Cinchona may be made by several dif- 
ferent paths, anyone of which leads past coffee plantations where 
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Fic. 32. Director's residence at Cinchona, 
the white trunks and dark glossy leaves, the fragrant white blos- 
soms or cherry-like fruit are very pleasing on the mountain side. 
Cinchona covers about 1,500 acres of mountain land, which 
was formerly used by the British Government as a station for 
cultivating the cinchona tree for its bark. Part of this property 
with its buildings and such furniture as tables, chairs, and beds, 
is leased by the New York Botanical Garden, for the use of 
students who wish to observe tropical vegetation, collect speci- 
