690 Proceedings of the Royal Society 
in Calcutta 15 plants were found to be dead, and 36 in a sickly 
state, leaving a balance of 226 healthy. 
Healthy. 
Sickly. 
Dead. 
Total. 
Brought by Mr Walton, 
12 
121 
,, Mr Jellicoe, 
26 
"i 
30 | 120 
,, Mr Ferrais, 
12 
12 {“Botanic 
„ Mr Gamble, 
27 
2 
5 
34 | Garden. 
„ Mr Whittall, . 
Received ex 1 City of Mecca,’ 
26 
4 
2 
32 J 
149 
4 
4 
157 Lawson 
Total, . 
226 
36 
15 
277 
“ It will be observed that the mortality and sickness has been 
greatest amongst the plants brought out under the care of the 
members of the Forest Department. I have no doubt this result 
is due to over-kindness during the voyage. The plants have been 
apparently freely watered and over-shaded ; and in the close and 
moist atmosphere of the cases, unnatural forced growth has been 
the result. Mr G-amble’s consignment is an exception, the plants 
brought out by him being in quite as good health as those that came 
untended in the ‘ City of Mecca.’ The condition of the latter is 
wonderfully good, and indicates extreme care in the selection of 
plants, and in the mode of packing them. 
“ As soon as the plants shall have recovered a little from their 
journey, I propose to despatch them to Sikkim. 
<c I take this opportunity of stating that the twelve plants 
brought out in July last by Mr Walton were forwarded to Sikkim 
three months ago, and that eleven of them are now in excellent 
order ; the twelfth unfortunately died during the journey to 
Sikkim. 
u The condition of the eleven plants just alluded to, of the five 
old plants formerly sent from this garden to Sikkim, and of the 
young ones propagated from them, leads me to entertain hopes that 
in that province the Ipecacuanha experiment will be attended with 
great success.” 
A question has been started whether there are not plants in 
India which may be used as Ipecacuan. One of these is the 
Tylophora asthmatica , W. et A., an Asclepiadaceous plant, which 
