jan.— mar. 1857 J Peruvian Bark-tree. 



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cassar on the 3rd of December. As a long voyage now was con- 

 sidered bad for the plants, Mr. Hasskarl took his collection on 

 board a steamship stationed there, and arrived at Batavia on the 

 13th, as mentioned. 



44 Measures were immediately taken by the Governor-General to 

 transport the plants to the higher-situated Tjippannas, in which, 

 however a delay of two days was occasioned by the tempestuous 

 weather. 



" Mr. Hasskarl, on his arrival, was charged with the cultivation 

 of the Quinquina at Java. 



" We have mentioned some seeds sent by Mr. Hasskarl to the 

 Netherlands. The consequences thereof are to be considered as 

 resulting directly from the mission carried out by that gentleman, 

 and what is to be said of them will find an appropriate place here. 



" Seeds of various sorts of Quinquina have successfully been re- 

 ceived at the Colonial office as follows : — 



1. " Cinchona Condaminea, Lamb., var. lancifolia, Wedd. (C 

 lancifoUa, Mutis), collected in new Granada, and presented to His 

 Majesty's Consul-General there, Mr. Lansberge, by the famous 

 traveller Karstens. From these seeds a few plants have been 

 raised in the Academical Garden at Leyden. From Mr. Hasskarl 

 were received — 



2. " Cinchona amy gdali 'folia, Wedd. Sent immediately to Java 

 per Overland Mail. 



3. " Cinchona Calisaya, Wedd., from the Valley of Sandia, in 

 the province of Carabaya, in Peru. Of this sort a quantity was 

 sent, immediately on its arrival, by post to Java; another quantity 

 was sown in the Botanical Garden. 



4. 11 Cinchona Calisaya, Wedd, var. Josephince ; sown, but 

 come up badly in the Garden at Leyden. 



5. " Cinchona ovala, R. et. P. (Cascarilla crispilla, rhiqua or 

 chiquaj. We were informed that this, like No. 4, grows as a shrub 

 in the neighbourhood of Hohubamba (Peru), 5-6000 Paris feet, on 

 sunny slopes ; whereas No. 5 grows at 6-7000 feet in high woods, 

 and even on slopes in a mouldy soil, more or less mixed with 



