Selections. 
[no. 2, NEW SERIES, 
through the stems afresh colour appeared. He immediately plant- 
ed them in convenient cases. On the 7th of August, late in the 
evening, he arrived at Callao, and on the 27th he was ready to set 
out for Java, having passed the interval at Lima. 
" As soon as the cooler west coast of South America was left, 
the heat began to increase daily, so that during the greater part of 
the day the thermometer marked 80^ to 86^ Fahrenheit. This 
made Mr. Hasskarl very careful of his plants, which, from his 
observations have in their natural position a temperature not above 
60^, and generally below 50*^ Fahrenheit, and sometimes even at 
freezing-point. The objects had much to suffer in this heat, which 
must have been injurious to them, since they had made, including 
the transport from Bolivia, a land journey of six weeks. Shades 
of tents, etc., might ward off the sun's rays, but the glass cases 
were daily obscured with steam inside. The cases were opened, 
to clear away the mildew that had collected in them; and it was 
found good to repeat the operation daily. The mildew was con- 
tinually renewed, and had to be taken away. At the beginning of 
the voyage, and after leaving the Sandwich Islands, the cases were 
inspected, and those that required water were supplied with it, 
however very sparingly. 
" The stronger plants only began in any degree to sprout ; the 
others showed no signs of doing so, although the stems evidently 
retained life. Some of them during the voyage began to shoot out 
at the root, whereas of the weaker plants, the parts above the soil 
appeared to be dying off, although it was apparently to be expected 
that they would shoot later. It was thought advisable not to en- 
danger the plants by an untimely inspection, or loosening of the 
soil. 
" We were informed, under date of the 22nd of December, 1854, 
that Mr. Hasskarl had arrived at Batavia on the 13th of that month, 
with twenty cases containing Quinquina plants, and at the same 
time, that a longer delay at Callao was caused by the difficulty of 
obtaining provisions and fuel; further, that at about 150 leagues 
from the Philippine Islands, the ship had encountered a dreadful 
hurricane, and had suffered much damage. They arrived at Ma- 
