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REPORT  ON  THE  CULTIVATION  OF  CINCHONA,  ETC.  355 
2.  The  first  public  sale  of  Cinchonae  took  place  on  the  2d  of 
October.  Three  purchasers  attended,  who  among  them  bought 
the  1000  plants  offered  for  sale  at  the  upset  price  of  four  annas 
each  :  only  C.  officinalis  was  sold. 
3.  The  temperature  of  the  past  month  has  been  considerably 
lower  than  that  of  September,  the  greatest  difference  being  in 
the  mean  minimum  temperature  from  the  clear  cloudless  nights 
favoring  radiation. 
4.  The  rain-fall  has  also  greatly  diminished;  only  one  and  a 
half  inches  of  rain  were  recorded  during  the  month,  making  a 
total  fall  of  153-08  inches  from  the  first  of  January.  The  mean 
maximum  temperature  at  the  fourth  plantation  was  80-06.  The 
mean  minimum  59*19,  and  the  mean  temperature  of  the  month 
69-62. 
5.  At  the  fifth  and  lowest  plantation,  nine  observations  of  the 
minimum  thermometer  give  a  minimum  temperature  of  61*62. 
6.  This  decrease  in  the  temperature,  accompanied  by  dryness 
of  the  atmosphere,  has  affected  the  growth  of  the  plants.  The 
period  of  rest  is  rapidly  approaching  when  the  plants  will  remain 
almost  dormant. 
Number  and  Distribution  of  Cinchona  Plants  in  the  Government  Plan- 
tations of  Darjeeling  on  the  1st  of  November,  1865. 
Name  of  Species  of  Cinchonae. 
Number  in  permanent 
plantations. 
Number  of  stock  plants 
for  propagation. 
Number  of  peedliiigs  or 
rooted     cuttings  in 
j     nursery  beds  for  per- 
1     manent  plantations. 
Number  of  rooted  cut- 
tings in  cutting-beds. 
Number     of  cuttings 
made  during  the  month. 
Total  number  of  plants, 
cuttings,  and  seedlings. 
C.    officinalis,  including 
Total  
389 
15 
870 
5,092 
10,000 
23 
2,539 
10,000 
14,500 
8,459 
14,145 
94 
1,420 
31,801 
4100 
25 
290 
5,200 
43,134 
142 
4,264 
56,330 
5,092 
6,366 
22,562 
22,959 
47,460 
9,615 
108,962 
— London  Pharrn.  Jour.,  April,  1866. 
