
          assemby have no great taste
for flora, consequently will not
support an efficient grant to
carry out designs or conduct
practical operations so that I 
may say our advances botanical
is but little if any more than when
I saw you in 1855. We are in 
common with other tropical
colonies, endeavoring to establish
a cinchona plantation, and I have
proved complete success in rearing
some 300 plants from seeds, direct
from Peru & Guayquil [Guayaquil]. The red
bark comes from the latter place 
on Mt. Chimborazo about 2600 feet
altitude & admirably suited for
extensive cultivation on our cool
moist mountains. I observe the 
bark is now selling at 4/6 p. lb.
and as a tree will yield from 250 
to 300 lbs. an acre of these trees at

        