354     REPORT  ON  THE  CULTIVATION  OF  CINCHONAS,  ETC. 
undertaking.  The  oldest  plants  which  were  planted  out  in 
August,  1862,  are  now  from  8  to  12  feet  in  height,  and  from  7 
to  13  inches  in  girth  at  6  inches  from  the  ground,  well  furnished 
with  lateral  branches,  and  present  a  most  robust  and  healthy 
appearance.  In  the  oldest  plantations  the  branches  of  the 
plants,  10  and  12  feet  apart,  are  now  touching  each  other,  and 
the  bark  is  much  increased  in  thickness.  The  characteristic 
markings  of  the  finest  Peruvian  bark  are  becoming  more  and 
more  apparent,  -Lichens  and  Mosses  being  fully  developed. 
The  plants  are  flowering  freely,  and  perfect  seeds  have  already 
been  obtained ;  in  short,  there  is  no  room  to  doubt  that  the 
Cinchona  can  be  grown  on  the  Neilgherries  in  great  perfection. 
— Lond.  Pharm.  Journ.,  April,  1866. 
KEPORT  ON  THE  CULTIVATION  OF  CINCHONA  AT  DAR- 
JEELING  DURING  THE  MONTH  OF  OCTOBER,  1865/ 
From  T.  Anderson,  Esq.,  M.  D.,  Superintendent  Botanical  Gardens,  and  in 
charge  of  Cinchona  cultivation  in  Bengal,  to  S.  C.  Baylei),  Esq.,  Junior  Sec- 
retary to  the  Government  of  Bengal,  dated  the  3d  of  January,  1866. 
I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  the  Report  of  the  Cin- 
chona cultivation  at  Darjeeling  for  the  month  of  October,  1865. 
Report  for  the  month  of  October. 
I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  report  the  continued  success  of  the 
cultivation.  The  number  of  cuttings  made  during  the  month 
was  9615,  making  a  total  number  of  plants  and  cuttings  in  all 
stages  of  growth  108,962.  The  alterations  in  the  mode  of  grow- 
ing the  plants  from  which  cuttings  are  obtained  has  been  com- 
pleted for  all  the  species.  The  full  number  of  stock  plants  for 
cutting  (10,000)  has  been  attained  in  the  case  of  C.  succirubra 
and  O.  officmalis,  but  some  months  must  elapse  before  the  num- 
ber of  stoclrplants  of  O.  mierantha  is  completed. 
As  I  possess  only  142  plants  and  cuttings  of  C.  Calisaya,  this 
valuable  species  must  be  cultivated  under  the  shelter  of  glass  for 
some  years  longer.  During  the  month  14,500  well-rooted  plants 
of  O.  succirubra  were  planted  in  open-air  beds,  from  which  they 
will  be  transferred  in  April  next  to  the  open  ground. 
