Ipecacuanha.

place a cutting had been sent in 1867. On inquiry about the present state of the cultivation, Mr. Clarke, now acting for Dr. Anderson, has kindly placed the following information at our disposal, which we give in his own "Words:?" When I took charge of the Gardens in May 1869, there were seven plants?three here, four at the Bungbee, a narrow tropical valley, 2,000 feet above the sea, 15 miles from the Darjeeling cinchona cultivation?all under glass, and in a very low state of vegetation. Both here and at Bungbee the plant had been found to grow very slowly, and, moreover, to be