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JANUARY 10, 1868.] 
THE GARDENE ad CPNUNIOEUB AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
29 
үа» Kursiong under rt 
the Cinchona plants — lefi 
xploring the for 
“ While 
care of Mr. Stubbs, I was engage 
“mhia? m 
t "m 1 " 
h Trees.—I observe that your Lyon ns corre 
pe eek plates "with much confidence, in opposition d 
opin Ат 
in the Aen redi gi Darjeeling, for Та ре TABLE 1v. —BmnowiNa zu vds OF CINOHONA PLANTS | the opinion of Mr. Ri ers, “that in South America no 
Denise to allow of tbe permanent propagating house anda| — — SMS рей Lector du Peach tr es аге grown." Allow те to inform hin, as 
mporar x dnd x wi European gardener pong erected А F | е |в ls well as to confirm the opinion given by Rivers, 
ke in two nt 118 I soon discovere as quite impos- o 259, E Ag zi А A 
sible, as all tbe land within several miles of Darjeeling had a E ER B5 MEE 3 4 е t by the last n mail киш Mon М te Video I rec t ed a 
purchased for the cultivation of Tea, and that whatever ыр | я |2 Чез | 372 2g& | letter g n : neiero in that district, 
piece of Government land I might select, a new road t Р К 25 aa |an Tar 55а 355 | fror zh the following is an extract: ur youn: 
made to it before any buildings сопа be commenced Т Hare of Spese. | 25:89 А 5а [S245 S | Peach trees are loaded with fruit, and we shall not be 
nearest and most suitable tract of land I could obtain lay on И е а 5885 able to consum ile narodach W. M 
slop БИ l extending to the River Teesta, and EE em $3 |29 S a a SAn | А . Б. . В.—— Mr. 
which contained suitable land from heights of from 800 feet e я |S99|29952|8 BH Sisley has resided so long in France that I ume he 
ы ove the s ed it of apres The nearest 9 | а 8 | Ё а | has ceased to read English voyages and travels, If he 
idi dividi lo was E mot "es аи 10 "nies n from pom Mei апа = | will turn to that cha mng > “ Darwin’s Naturalist’s 
ia was quite i e br sible im „бе dense i forest with "ушер draco succirubra | 107 1 | 82 | | 32 | 138 | Voyage," he will find that Peach trees are abundant in 
it р Medio оак for во Обе уа б None | d d ET я | Plata, and that at Buenos Ayres they are often us 
orar, еса PST for s Cinchona plan E » 1da TES JUNE Niy for firewood. The fact of Peaches being common theri 
porary ас with Captain Fitzgerald, the Executive Engi- » micrantha .. | 38 2 | 6 se 6 42 аали баай DE travellers g Lo 
neer, it was agreed that the best plan woul: to convert one » peruviana .. 2 |None| 2 о 17512 4 y rd ^ 
of the empty officers' quarters at Sinchal into a temporary pro- »  Pahudiana.. | 539 » |None| 814 | 814 | 1853 | also heard a very old friend, a retir 
agating houso, and to ке ОМ ove okher, ihe Жы »  Speciesignota| 8 , 2 | id sm 5 | stationed in the Pacific, talk of ан Peaches at Val- 
ouse of the European ener 26 
она into id в glazed тоор substituted - the Й Lose ME | 57 lsi | CHI parais d T dot. Dies: | t Instituti I take t 
ooden А plan "or beati the atm d he e “The of propagat: ill богові? every i mont in|. rdáeners koyal Benevo i nstitution.—1 take 
and tor xc Leap to the mm ont ved. | periods bed К ноо M е the new pla olia liberty of again writing you concerning this 
TM арй br e eun А ое e A өг йе room a and js ady to и, Аа cially montent s in Ано iam, E hila de the | Institution. d to learn from your 
туш ng air a nta shoo e by the plants that have alrea. іе! : a 
masonry, which, after parime throu ugh” the room, ends i AA piss likewise Шы for la; ауен or cuttings. € that there are a few friends of the Charity who 
short chim ney outside. he plants were brought to Sinehal “On g Caleu n Mar laced four plants of C. | are coming forward to join in the ten guinea subscrip- 
i y zh y sur 2 noa үилөнө па мр еу | Pahu en e ot d. br under tho фато ПЕ Ит. ion. І һай a hope that the number would be found 
o 20 miles from за inchal than they di t Scott, Head т аен Botanic Gardens, with directions to в i d ow to the world 
m Calcutta to Kurs А serious no €—: 2 the | treat them like any other tropical plant, but to keep them in a сопре T m " > f tha ades t to The Ch cas 
єз с — гоог Ц of C. Pahudiana; by the stumb- | rather shaded d part ofthe gardens, I was also obliged to leave | they were mindful о eir own interes e Charity 
ling of one ofthe eight Coolies carrying the c case it cim рве 14 cuttings ч ©. неар, аво of C. pm and one of C. | however must поб suffer; subscriptions will 
and all the plants were, more or less, uprooted. Althongh | micrantha, n he, паба ог Sis Вані Gasdens, расага кон: come from whom they may. 
thoy were типше: у төр ЗАН А ^ case | received a т "the Condit tion of all thes з plan the have the. promis two ten guinea subscriptions 
containing them was left for nine -— near the spot where | 294 July. Up to that date E losses had beai two plants о р g p 
the accident happened under the care of an experienced ТАР C. Pahudiana, eight cuttings of C. succirubra, and the from a lad gentleman wh are read 
em noi one of nm survive & Qa He е 270 mts wero. » of C. micrantha. The tw Vents of p st "n маа wers d tù in go subscribers, and in names will be given if you 
vatory was completed, an е Cinchona р ere ealih, one of them was then 18 ера in height, ап e stem s H 
oved into it from tho room whe they had been placed он above the ground w: nch and 6-10ths in thick- Tus kindly 60р *» а a Mep m t- ind aj M unis 
on their arrival at Sinchal. All had suffered greatly from the | ness, while the leaves rw 6t ta 10 inches in len, deum and at purpose, uch a proceeding might induce others 
eff = f their i. ong journey and the e е delay in ра: from 5 to 7 inches in breadth. j in the good cause. If tlemen and others 
pagoa prope E mmo gaanong е ihom, There is, in koweras 4 “The clim ate of Cale alcu! nia pon " son n» et iio p r this | interested in the success of the Charity would become 
No markei erence 1 e plants from | g ar the most valuable of a e Cinchonæ. ч , : 
and thos petere Out. of 50 plants obtained F. Anderson M.D., Ofciating Superintendent, Botanic Garden, annual subscrib В. they would confer a more lastin 
Н. enty es rdi, while of the 170 planta from | Сосий efit on the Institution than if they subscribe. their 
Орасан n leen than 5 EL vem. com platai losi ^ E: s differ. The. fedi cal value of Cinchona succirubra is thus further | ten guin be done with it. e Charity is 
ence in the hea of the rom the 9 M b ERE on b Dé Anderson Eh ч 
becomes more striking when it із known that the е fro "Pha tho hondt toT port to Men the ту - mpowere hii вед; all E» nnual Pan en ^ 
Java were brought by Coolies from the mountains in th | the Lieutensnt- Governor, thatI iss ueceeded in forming pensions, while o. e subscriptions they mus invest 
rior of that, island to DE MK and Р » Бу. steamer to Oal- infsion of the leaves of Cinchona Toa мегзеу; cape = at le n 
о! 
und wi 
7 ind Зато: and the sea 
hours b; lway over most o 
voyage d three йуз: The plants fiom Java were in 
addition exposed for two months longer, than the others to the 
confine t of vi. n cases, as they arrived 
8 befo; 
“The following able slow the ак of Cinchona plants on 
the 1st June, and the number 
2 pun ths in each species from 
species in “е Cinchona Nursery, near ЖАА E. 
The prie fell off spontaneously during 
1 
and July. 
“І sent the infus; 
t tl 
ing, with a request p he wouid одор 
е patients in the Civil Hos 
” нр has just informed me that he d. given the infusi 
of one flu uig ounce to the first four cases Y intermittent 
rred, 
some of the 
ae 
the months 
о Dr. Collins, Civil Surgeon of Darje! 
el- 
obtained it would ada to the funds of the Soc 
th: 
wid to spare for six pensioners. 
vident that Кы subscribers are th 
therefore troat that there will bea good array of tiom, 
ad 
=ч 
the time of their leaving Caleu: уса cop and that these patients had been cured dition to the 100 lite sub i George Thomson, 
ABLE IL, SHOWING CONDITION OF ÜINCHONA PLANTS FROM without wel y other medicino whatever: ardener, = nsted Park, Sus 
24TH MARCH TO IST JUNE. ои sdb а Шш me of tho fobrifuge рл Pd Gordonia javanica.—1 have ded b. fiue plant of this 
5 n: Cinchona (probably Kinovie acid) ; n is of a dark | for some years, and cannot get bloom, I have 
A Š tb e a colate colour and is intensely йб 1 "hope! to be ane to | tried it in the greenhouse and иа and put it out 
z E # | А я 4 > submit haa ORA ph йыр ге; а RR dr ird f doors in the er, but after all it will not show 
а 19.15 |9 ак л beiden vm | anysigns of flower; the plant is yery healthy. Ishall be 
Маше ог Species. | È | d © 8 ШИБЕ NR bliged by you letting me know how I can induce it to 
$ bP€d-d d$ e Corresponden озо ‚ до. 
4 а ЕЕ а |52 | Ari Es —Can you tell me in ires Mr, e French Plant and Seed Trade.—l was gratified 
e 3 E [э # l8 Baldwin refers юп in his AME dmn gp 2 Ts that the swindling Frenchmen whom you have 
a ay red two trees e eic one often denoun ced a yo ue columns have been prosecuted 
a ТТЕ - x бшу sen d the other атаи ord Chief Justice having ruled 
P Guias от Nb. Ped: id 2 аы the bole. At about six feet from tle Ev v. Billaut that an action bus lie 
» nitid кА ЕК 15 | 41 | .. | 41 hey spread into is immense stems, all bending | in this aah ie din a rod e if the тась 
uj micrantha ` чи 9 аў 9 93 E 33 ]|outwards, and ving in the middle a spacious| was entered into her ге, I am induced to ye o 
ME Uc BEP EI TEM мо, 52 |&partment, exactly one fuot between ı stem, where | your correspondents have obtained а {тош 
»  Speciesignota| 3 2 3 3 .. | 3 | еу branched from the main widening upwards, | French seedsmen deliver free іп London, where 
| - and at eighteen or twenty feet from the ground | е seeds have failed altogether or proved of a worthl 
518 ! 586 | 211 |None. the cireumference of the tree must haye been ы and spurious kind. The great facility afforded now in 
ut pu ща Е marked* were obtained trom De a t. I should live in one ese getting seeds from France renders iras а matter of 
catis Hotels Gardens. in the Cal-| stayed in this part." Mr. Baldwin was, When анаа great importance, as their lower prices offer great 
* During е month of June the propagation of all the this close to Lake N'gami. In р. 311 he says: * There | attractions ; ir however the protection afforded by the 
species, except С. Pahudiana, was successfully prosecuted, and was, however, delicious water at Mandur a fountain | English code s wanting, any ass adva MED would 
be feed the oni) eM › deduced to tend by ies progas of pure ag cr Ea m where we first saw the Great Salt-pan, | be co апогей! there is th of the 
Ў plants were p in from 21 to 30 days, in tho саза | td а magnificent piece of sc scenery exactly resembling respectability of the house, but they often. wear this 
of C. succirubra, C, nitida, and C. micrantba. "The plants of C. | the sea ; i was difficult to 1 imning oneself йа until any ul 
eerie саду T been artificially propagated, but | in the interior. We measured a tree call Eus ingenuity. As this namg now being 
willing to do anything that ваш prine of Tartar," уы ne feet round the bole; but бен inundated with French lists, I I shai be glad to be 
their full Yom the more so as I had a large quantit are ташу, very much larger." І had generally under- | favoured with а any information upon the abject which 
ap > фо M ше sown in the nd OE of May. a stood that very large trunks were scarce in Africa. Hans. | your Corre rrespondents may be able to supply. Justus. 
er Species s rrey — 
тез: the E Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, and d of these "E no > The Year 1862 at- Weg V teath w а А 
* During June а few of the seeds of C. Pahudiana germinated. y aee P 
| е of last 
on me the Tt. July the return of the stock of all the е Species was as Wiud. Weather. Seren Years. 
Тын III., suowiNoG isr JULY OF PLANTS OF CINCHONA ON ^ below. 
1 ULY, 1862. 
6+ ЗЕБИ dd DN Prevailing On Mean height of barometer - m . .. inches 29.8578|inches .0212 + 
8 rum & er? ЕЕ Winds. days. Mean height. of of йиукою сы; » 
E Е 5 Ж: 2: 8 Hi ан іп ће ғә e С m 
M 8 59 е ары N. 24 Highest in the alis 2h А > ks 
i 2 RS ЕЕ - 8 e N.E. 50 Lowest . E Js E 
Name of Species, SA | ogl eg LEE E. 4 Mean daily amount of ozono* vi .. 4e h 
їч э | on | 9^ E „А S.E. 12 Moen tatoperature sh 44 2, E 
=4 i = 58 а ББ 8. 19 Rainfall SEA 
5 |25153 312 S.W. 122 Number of wet days “а Ж 
ё & 8 БЕ Su" W. 15 Number of days on which rain, &e., fell з... 
ы Е a e N.W. 30 st month, February. 
Cinchona succirabra — .. | 3 | 36 | .. | 38 | 107 Wettest ditto, Mareh 1 
».  Calisaya .. +. |None| 1 is 1 6 я nge rometer : "T e E ч 
» nitida hae Н 9 өя 9 | 48 Highest Winds. ge 6 барше ЖИ Ur SE LIN. 
» mieran: E $e 7 38 Range of ozonom š 24 De" .. 
» .. | None| None| .. |None 9 January 11 (W.), 31 (W.N. Ww) February 8. тонай й highest v áy Pi 
” udin — ..| ,, | „ |486 | 486 | 5309 | March6(S.W.), 7 (S.S. W.) March 28. Barometer lowest peli VA ТАР 
» . Spedesignota .. | | ,, | ... | None | June 6 and TWO, anà 18 (W. tos.w.) | July 26. Therm инек ВМВ: 
Gr . | "7 | 58 1486 |539 | таз | August 7 (S.S. W., S., 19 кете : RUM ч с 
“In the following month, July, the increase uch | October 17 (8 КОРҮҮ 9 (S-E. to 8.) Паппагу 19. Thermome ree ebrei 
greater, а ру NYSE MM seed. Al the plants made а c Poli. Dec. 19 and 20 (N.W. to N.N. W., and 21 N.)|Jan. 14, Nov. I mee am 
siderable Я acquired u ealthier 
poe A. er 1st or Angus Lp of tho seedlings ОГ С * The ozone is reckoned rie е the scale of Sp aeg n E опара supplied by by them, were prepared 
: their pairs уез and offatt, pos aco n apparatus ames 
а few had formed their third pair. 3 W. F. Harrison, Ba an. 2, 
rtropps, Weybridge Heath, Je 
