POSTSCRIPT.
Oct. 16, 1862.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE OF THE CHINCHONA PLANTS, FROM THE NEILGHERRY HILLS.
Number of Chinchona plants on the Neilgherry Hills on August 31st, 1862.
| Species. | Number. |
| C. Succirubra | 30,150 |
| C. Calisaya | 1,050 |
| C. Condaminea (var. Uritusinga) | 41 |
| C. Condaminea (var. Chahuarguera) | 20,030 |
| C. Condaminea (var. Crispa) | 236 |
| C. lancifolia | 1 |
| C. nitida | 8,500 |
| C. micrantha | 7,400 |
| C. Peruviana; | 2,295 |
| Species without name | 2,440 |
| C. Pahudiana | 425 |
| Total 72,568[2] |
The total number of plants permanently placed out in the plantations, on August 31st, 1862, was 13,700, and, although only recently transplanted, they are in a very promising condition. The number placed out, at the same date, in the nurseries in the open air, and in the hardening-off frames, was 18,076, all in the finest possible state of health. The number of small plants under glass, including those used for the production of wood for propagation, was 40,792.
There are four plantations for Chinchona cultivation, either cleared and planted, or about to be cleared, at Neddiwuttum and Pycarrah; besides the loftier one at Dodabetta. At Neddiwuttum the "Denison Plantations" will contain about 210 acres of planted land, the "Markham Plantation" about 200 acres; and near Pycarrah about 250 acres are to be planted, of fine well-watered land, completely sheltered from the west winds, to be called the "Wood Plantation," after the Secretary of State for India: altogether about 660 acres, besides the Dodabetta site.
Plants are to be disposed of to private individuals who may be desirous of undertaking the cultivation, and 22,000 had already been ordered in the beginning of September.