Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India.

CHAPTER XX.

Chapter 1249 wordsPublic domain

CONVEYANCE OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS AND SEEDS FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO INDIA.

Transmission of dried specimens--Voyages of plants in Wardian cases --Arrival of plants and seeds in India--Depôt at Kew--Treatment of plants in Wardian cases--Effects of introduction of chinchona-plants into India on trade in South America--Neilgherry hills 331

TRAVELS IN INDIA.