E /** acc ordance with the orders of the Government of India, based on 
— the results of the EIE of the late Dr. Anderson, these plants 
** were forwarded to Sikkim as soon as practicable after their arrival 
“here. The Calcutta climate having proved totally unsuitable to this 
plant, all attempts to propagate itin this garden have been abandoned, 
t under o 
wd nchona plantation, and p is being carried 
* on chiefly in one of the hot, deep valleys on the our E m opes of the 
ikkim Himalaya, which open towards the terai. Hitherto 
frequently been produced; we must therefore look to increase 
— and other artificial methods.” 
From the report of Dr. George Henderson, officiating Re ete es ory 
of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, to the Governmen of Bengal, 
423. He states: * The cultivation has been practically confined 
Sikkim, where it has been conducted chiefly by Mr. J affrey of the 
x howi 
. “ root and leaf cuttings was discovered progress was idee SON 
_ Since this discovery. it has been proportionately ra 
Mr. Gammie, the pi manager of the cinchona ARE aE 
ipe 
i: 
and 1 
cacuanha cannot be successfully cultivated in 
In open spots where it gets the full 
“Tt is essentially a tropi ical plant an 
itly priki moist, shady spots where there is much t eieiablg 
* mould in the soil, and au equable steamy atmosphere. ; 
w plants had been sent during the year to the Khasi ills, 
100 are about to be despatched to to the Madras Government for — 
he at Barliar, a low -lying, moist spot in one of the 
Heys oft the Nilgiris." 
5, Dr. King reports: “ The propagation of the plant oy 
r thoroughly understood, and there are in the hot- 
. Jaffrey's care, at Rungbee more than 100,000 young — 
while two years ago th ere were less than 7,000.” 
u s th, Seinen De ae nhe isse to the Government of 
re a a quantity o of the drug tset o 
on General for trial in hospital ML > 
by Dr. Crombie 
i that 
skim i exoept in shady places 
tie ickly 
