Selections. 
[no. 2, NEW SERIES, 
mica-slate, which circumstances were taken into consideration in 
laying the seed to germinate, and in the raising of the plant. 
" The seeds received (with the exception of those sent directly 
to Java) were immediately distributed by the Minister for the Co- 
lonies to the Directors of the Botanical Gardens of the Universities 
and of Amsterdam, to be germinated, and further cultivated. It 
will be unnecessary to mention that these directors, deeply im- 
pressed with the importance of the matter, used every effort to 
make these objects answer the views of the Minister. In the be- 
ginning of 1854, and since, in 1855, his Excellency, even a short 
time after the sowing, received from the Botanical Gardens favour- 
able reports concerning the germination. ' 
" With reference to the seeds that the Minister sent by the Over- 
land Mail to Java, to be sown, favourable advices have been re- 
ceived from the Governor-General (see lower) ; which last circum- 
, stance induced the Minister to request the return of the seeds from 
the Gardens in the Netherlands, and to send them likewise by 
Overland Mail to East India. It will be readily seen that the 
Minister, in trying and promoting the matter by all the means in 
his power, has had no other aim than that of assuring himself of 
the success of the intended transplanting. The Quinquina plants 
raised in the Gardens progressed in their development so much, 
that even in 1854 some were sent to Java. This really took place, 
and they were sent from Leyden, Utrecht, and Amsterdam. 
1. " From Leyden plants of Cinchona Calisaya. 
2. " From Utrecht, plants of the Cinchona ovata. 
3. " From Amsterdam, plants of Cinchona Calisaya and Cincho- 
na puhescens. 
" Of No. 1 favourable reports have been received ; of No. 2 such 
are still expected. 
*' Could there possibly be a doubt as to the correctness of the nam- 
ing of the sorts of those received from Mr. Hasskarl under the name 
of ' Cinchona Cali&aya^ Wedd' ? I think not. The Government had 
sent a thoroughly competent person, and one who, by a long expe- 
