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THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. [February 1/1882. 
129. No. XXXVI, 1369, L. — 2-19 acres, grassland, 
planted with Onicmalis ; poor rocky soil ; trees far apart 
and of stunted gro .vth ; height 5 to 10 feet ; 176 trees 
barked twice, 100 trees once. 
130. No. VIII, 1855, B.— 17-54 acres, grass land, 
good loam, planted witn Officinalis 7' x 7' ; gro wth good ; 
trees average 15 feet high; not many failures; renew- 
als 10 per cent some four years ago, none since ; 7,567 
trees barked four times, 2,347 trees once. 
131. No. IX, 1865, C. — 13-65 acres, grass land, good 
sub-soil, planted with Officinalis ; growth good, but 
some.vhat stunted; trees 10 to 13 feet high; rather too 
much exposed to the north-east monsoon; renewals 15 
per cent some four years ago, none since ; not many 
failures ; the trees covering the ground well ; 7,602 trees 
barked four times, 3,605 trees once. 
132. No. XXVII, 1869, C— 14-50 acres, grass land ; 
little shola land in ravine ; soil generally good, but 
situation high and exposed ; planted with Officinalis ; 
growth fair but stunted; some of the highest part gone 
out; growth good towards bottom of plot; 207 trees 
barked twice, 1,618 trees once. 
133. Nurseries. — The nurseries are in good order ; in 
the Dodabetta nursery there are 2 lakhs of Oiicinalis 
seedlings. In the nursery near the old jail about 10,000 
rooted cuttings of Angustifolia transferred from the pro- 
pagating houses. In the lower nursery (near the tea) 
there are 20,000 Officinalis seedlings. 
134. Glass Houses. — In the glass propagating houses 
12,000 Calisaya Ledgeriana seedlings (from Java), 100 
Pitayensis seedlings from plantation trees, 400 Pubes- 
cens seedlings from plantation trees, 40 Calisaya seed- 
lings from plantation trees, 100 stock plants of Angusti- 
folia ; also the "Santa Fe " and " Carthagena " plants 
brought lately by Mr. Cross. 
135. State of Dodabetta Plantation. — This I consider 
on the whole promising, and there can be no doubt as 
to then- paying well ; tne great mistake has been wide 
planting at the commencement, and every endeavour 
must now be ma ie to plant up closer, and this is re- 
ceiving every attention ; the plantations have been much 
improve 4 of late in places by terracing, but in some 
parts the land is too steep for this, and should never 
have been opened ; there are besides large blocks wherj 
the soil is very poor, and where juanling must be always 
more or less a failure, though it will pay at the present 
high prices of bark: the ed'ects of frost and wind are 
also very evident in many places. Tue eradicaion of 
the bracken fern in some of tue plots requires immedi- 
ate attention, and would greaily improve the growth 
of the uhi'iciiona. 
136. Coppicing.— -In Plot No. XI, 1866, 3,350 " Officin- 
alis " trees (5 acres) which had been t.ice barked pre- 
viously were coppiced during the first teu days in June 
167J ; tue stuols bled very much and 157 died; the 
coppice growth of the rest is good — 
Yield in green bark = 13,762 lb. 
Yield in ury bark = 5,4001b. 
In Plot XXVIII, 1869, 2,493 unbarke I Officinalis trees 
(5 acres) were coppiced from 13-h to 19;h June 1879 ; 
they blel very mucu and 400 stools died; the coppice 
growth of tue rest being good — 
Yield in green bark = 4,853 lb. 
Yiexd in dry bark = 1,700 lb. 
I attribute tiie failures, to the coppice having been 
carried out too late in the season ; it is no e worthy 
that here, as at Naduvatam, there are many more 
deaths amongst the stools of the unbarked trees than 
from those which had been barked, which is proof that 
the root system of tue tree does not suffer in anyway 
from the balking process. 
137. Scraping.— In Plot XXVIII, 1869, 100 Officin- 
s wore fccraped on the new Java method on 
aid October 1880, yield of bark 246 lb, green and 100 
lb. dry ; and in Plot V, 1864, 400 trees were scraped 
during October I860, yield of bark 856 lb. green and 
400 lb. dry. Some of the trees have been mossed over 
and others left unprotectei, but all are renewing then- 
bark satisfactorily, though more rapidly where mossed; 
and there are no failures whatever as far as I can see. 
138. Number of Trees in Dodabetta Plantation. — 
Appendix D is a statement of the number of casualties 
amongst the trees in the Dodabetta plantation during 
the last three years, and the number of trees now 
existing based on Major Walker's enumeration. 
140. Dried Specimens. — The following dried and 
mounted specimens accompany this report : — 
Red Barks. 
Chinchona Suecirubra (rel bark) . .From Naduvatam. 
Chinchona sp. Called Magnifolia at") geyeral cimens 
Naduvatam and Pata de G-alknazo f rom N i duvatam 
by Mr. Cross ; supposed to be a new 1 and Dodabetta 
species ; was collected by Mr Cross J- f f ^ 
at high altitudes in the red bark am] 
region ; called also Mr. Mclvor s j an( j ° 
hybrid . . . . . . . . j 
Chinchona. Called Pubescens at Na- 
duvatam and also on Dodabetta, 
where it is not distinguished from 
the last, of which it is supposed to 
be only a slight variety . . . . Do. 
Crown Barks. 
Chinchona Officinalis, typical (crown l^NlXvatem^and 
bark ) J Dodabetta. 
Chinchona Officinalis var : Uritusinga^ g cim ^ s from 
(called i road-leaved or strong-grow- ^ D 0( i a betta. 
ing Con .iaminea) . . . . . . J 
Chinchona Odicinalis, var : Angusti- 
folia Do. 
Chinchona Officinalis, var : Crispa of 
Ceylon Do. 
Chinchona Officinalis, var: with very 
narrow leaf, probably Crispa of Mr. 
Mclvor Do. 
Chinchona Pitayensis Do. 
Yellow Barks. 
Chinchona Calisaya . . . . . . Specimens from 
Dodabetta and 
fromNa u/atam 
Chinchona Calisaya, var : Anglica . . Specimens from 
Naduvatam. 
Chinchona Calisaya, var : Javanica ; so 
called at Na luvatam, probably " Jose- 
phiana, ' only a bushy shrub .. .. Do. 
Chinchona Calisaya Le 'geriana .. Do. 
Grey Barks. 
Chinchona Micrantha Specimens from 
Naduvatam and 
Dodabetta. 
Chinchona Niticla i Specimens from 
Chincnona Peruviana . . . . ) Naduvatam. 
Chinchona Pahuuiana . . . . . . Specimens from 
Dodabetta. 
Chinchona. Unknown species with cork 
like bark ; leaves hairy on both sur- 
faces and hairy capsides ; supposed by 
Mr. Cross to be the genuine " Crispa" 
of Loxa . . . . Do. 
141. It appears to me important that I should pro- 
ceed to Darjeeling to see the large Chinchona plant- 
ations there, and the different species in cultivation, and 
take notes on the system of cultivation pursued and 
other matters which might be of use to the officers in 
charge of these plantations; so if Government wish it, 
I shall be prepared to proceed there shortly. 
