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parts of the world, and many of them grew for the 
first time in Jamaica in the government gardens. 
6. The oldest of the public gardens in the island 
is the Botanic Garden at Bath; and, though now 
much smaller than it was at first, it is still kept up 
for the sake of its fine trees and palms. 
Amongst the many useful plants which this 
garden has established in Jamaica is the cinchona, 
whose bark yields the valuable medicine known as 
quinine. It turned out, however, that the cinchona 
plant would not flourish well in the hot climate of 
Bath, and that it needed a mountain climate, with 
abundance of rain. 
7 . A piece of land was therefore obtained in the 
parish of St. Andrew, on the slopes of the Blue 
Mountains, its highest part being over 6000 feet 
above the sea. This is called the Hill Garden and 
Government Cinchona Plantation. It is 150 acres 
in size, and almost all of it is planted with eindiona. 
8. Nearly 20 miles from Kingston, on the road 
to Annotto Bay, and in the parish of St. Mary, 
is the Castleton Garden, well filled with tropical 
plants. Here many grand palms may be seen, as 
well as a fine collection of spice and fruit-trees. 
9. The Hope Garden is near the foot of the hills, 
on the Liguanea Plain, and 5 miles from Kingston. 
It is 200 acres in size, and may be considered the 
chief garden of the island. In one part of it car- 
riage-drives have been made to the length of 2 
