ArRiL 1, 1864.] THE TECHNOLOGIST. 



TEA PLANTATIONS IN INDIA. 415 



" I have collected from my journal a few notes made during my 

 tours upon the tea plants seen in different districts of the Presidency. 



" Shevaroy Hills, 4,000 feet high. — There are several well grown 

 trees at Yercaud, introduced by G. Fischer, Esq. ; these have not been 

 picked or pruned, and, indeed, have been left to nature, but are growing 

 vigorously nevertheless. 



" Coorg, 4,500 high ; rainfall, 120 inches ; mean temp., 68 degrees. 

 — A case of plants was brought from China by Colonel (Lieutenant 

 General) Dyce in 1843 ; these (how trees) appear to me over luxuriant, 

 producing a rapid growth of leaves, and not bearing seed with 

 regularity 



" Nundidroog, 4,800 feet high. — A number of plants have lately 

 been sent to this hill sanatarium ; they were beginning to droop in the 

 Lai Bagh garden, Bangalore, but there is hope of their thriving in their 

 new location. ' The mean temperature of Bangalore is 75°, and the 

 average rainfall 35 inches.' The climate being too dry and too hot, the 

 plants necessarily become dwarfed. 



" Bababooden Hills, 5,600 feet high ; rainfall_and mean temp, not 

 known. — Four plants from General Dyce's stock were received from 

 Mercara in 1847 ; these grew well without care. A packet of fresh 

 China seeds was sent last year. Colonel Porter, Superintendent of 

 Nuggur, raised twenty-three plants above Ghat near the Sicar bungalow; 

 and a number of seedlings have been planted out about a thousand feet 

 lower by Mr. Denton, coffee planter. 



" Nilgiri Hills. — a. Coonoor, 6,000 feet high ; rainfall, 55 inches. 

 —A full report of Captain Mann's plantation is recorded in ' Proceedings 

 of Government,' No. 1272, dated 21st September, 1859. 



" Besides this, there are a few plants at the undermentioned 

 places — 



" b. Ootacamund, 7,300 feet high ; rainfall, 60 inches ; mean temp., 

 58 degrees. — Introduced or raised by Mr. M'lvor, Government gardens, 

 from Saharunpoor seed, and by General F. C. Cotton, at Woodcote. 



" c. Kaity. — Introduced or raised by Sir S. Lushington and Lord 

 Elphinstone. 



" d. Kulhutty. — Introduced or raised by Mr. Rae. 



" Pulni Hills, 7,100 feet high. — Major Hamilton reported that a 

 considerable number of tea plants at Kudaikarnal were an inch or two 

 above ground, and appeared fresh and healthy. 



" Curtallam, 1,200 feet high. — I have received flowering specimens 

 from the old spice gardens, which corresponds with the standard figures 

 of Thea Chinensis. The shrubs are 20 years old, 12 to 15 feet high, and 

 where the seed came from is not known. 



" Travancore (Caldoorty : altitude, 6,700 feet ; rainfall, 150 to 200 

 inches. Vallymallay, near Udagiri : altitude, 1,800 feet ; rainfall, 150 

 to 80 inches. Athaboo, near Tinnevelly : altitude, 3,200 feet ; rainfall, 

 150 to 40 inches). — Tea trees grow luxuriantly in Messrs. Binny and 



