ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 18:45... JUNE. 
XLVIL—MANUFACTURE OF QUININE IN 
The following important papers have been communicated to th 
establishment by the Government of Bengal, and are published f ae the 
information of the colonies in which Ci own ER 
The historical summary of the introduction of quinine-yielding plants. 
from South America into India, may be Suppen ted by a reference to 
successfully carrying out this fupe mem erprise. 
aaa species of Cinchona were also distributed to Coro, 
Hen ropical ork ( 
(Cinchona ubra 
species o | in the Sikkim uoi ions. oes 
n the manufacture of febrifuge, which contele bui a small 
SOEUR of quinine, but a large amount of Cinchonine and Cinchonid 
he new process now described is intended for the manufacture of 
quinine from yellow bark (Cinchona Calisaya). 1f successful, it wil 
lead to the substitution of Indian-manufactured que for cu febri 
in the hospitals and dispensaries of India, and asa necessary co 
to ve oco HA: of yello w bark for red bark in iis i 
plantat 
