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Travels in Peru and India by Sir Clements R. Markham

16 by Sir Clements R. Markham, Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916

Chapter 22: CHAPTER XX.

Chapters

Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 introduction into India. This important measure has now been crowned
Chapter 3 CHAPTER I.
Chapter 4 CHAPTER II.
Chapter 5 CHAPTER III.
Chapter 6 INTRODUCTION OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS INTO INDIA.
Chapter 7 CHAPTER V.
Chapter 8 CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 9 CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 10 CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 11 CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 12 CHAPTER X.
Chapter 13 CHAPTER XI.
Chapter 14 CHAPTER XII.
Chapter 15 CHAPTER XIII.
Chapter 16 CHAPTER XIV.
Chapter 17 CHAPTER XV.
Chapter 18 CHAPTER XVI.
Chapter 19 CHAPTER XVII.
Chapter 20 CHAPTER XVIII.
Chapter 21 CHAPTER XIX.
Chapter 22 CHAPTER XX.
Chapter 23 CHAPTER XXI.
Chapter 24 CHAPTER XXII.
Chapter 25 CHAPTER XXIII.
Chapter 26 CHAPTER XXIV.
Chapter 27 CHAPTER XXV.
Chapter 28 CHAPTER XXVI.
Chapter 29 CHAPTER XXVII.
Chapter 30 CHAPTER XXVIII.
Chapter 31 CHAPTER XXIX.
Chapter 32 CHAPTER I.
Chapter 33 CHAPTER II.
Chapter 34 CHAPTER III.
Chapter 35 INTRODUCTION OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS INTO INDIA.
Chapter 36 introduction into India of a plant the inestimable value of which had
Chapter 37 CHAPTER V.
Chapter 38 CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 39 CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 40 CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 41 CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 42 1780. The Inca, on pretence that some person had arrived at his house
Chapter 43 CHAPTER X.
Chapter 44 CHAPTER XI.
Chapter 45 1771. He must have been possessed of enormous wealth, to have enabled
Chapter 46 CHAPTER XII.
Chapter 47 CHAPTER XIII.
Chapter 48 CHAPTER XIV.
Chapter 49 CHAPTER XV.
Chapter 50 CHAPTER XVI.
Chapter 51 CHAPTER XVII.
Chapter 52 CHAPTER XVIII.
Chapter 53 CHAPTER XIX.
Chapter 54 CHAPTER XX.
Chapter 55 CHAPTER XXI.
Chapter 56 CHAPTER XXII.
Chapter 57 CHAPTER XXIII.
Chapter 58 1860. in 7 months,
Chapter 59 CHAPTER XXIV.
Chapter 60 CHAPTER XXV.
Chapter 61 CHAPTER XXVI.
Chapter 62 CHAPTER XXVII.
Chapter 63 CHAPTER XXVIII.
Chapter 64 1861. In exchange for these plants a supply of _C. succirubræ_, and a
Chapter 65 CHAPTER XXIX.
Chapter 66 1857. | | | | |
Chapter 67 1820. Died at St. John's, New Brunswick.
Chapter 68 19. C. HIRSUTA (_Ruiz and Pavon_) N. Peru.
Chapter 69 6. _C. magnifolia_ {( " _flor de Azahar_).
Chapter 70 7. _C. glandulifera_ ( " _negrilla_).
Chapter 71 1815. (1 tom. 4°, 112 paginas).
Chapter 72 441. A very illegible manuscript in the national library at Madrid.
Chapter 73 1850. Bustamante says that, at the time of his visit, there were a
Chapter 74 2. Mr. Spruce's _Report to the Under Secretary of State for India_,
Chapter 75 3. _Report of the Expedition to procure Plants and Seeds of the
Chapter 76 1. Very characteristic specimens of the bark, leaves, flowers, and
Chapter 77 2. Bark, leaves, and flowers of _C. crispa_, Tafalla, a kind which is
Chapter 78 3. Bark and leaves of _C. Lucumæfolia_ of Pavon, from Zamora. This
Chapter 79 1847. Also, Caldwell's _Comparative Dravidian Grammar_. The German
Chapter 80 1. _Memoir of the Varagherry Hills_, by Capt. B. S. Ward, _Madras
Chapter 81 2. _Observations on the Pulney Mountains_, by Dr. Wight, _Madras
Chapter 82 3. _Report on the Pulneys_, by Lieut. R. H. Beddome, _Madras Journal_,
Chapter 83 4. Sir Charles Trevelyan's _Official Tour in the South of India_.
Chapter 84 1. _Setaria Italica_, called _tennay_ in Tamil, and _samee_ by the
Chapter 85 2. _Panicum Miliaceum_, called _varagoo_ on the Pulney hills, and
Chapter 86 3. _Panicum pilosum_, or _badlee_, will grow in the worst soil, but is
Chapter 87 4. _Cynosurus corocanus_, or _ragee_, is a very prolific grain, and
Chapter 88 5. _Holcus spicatus_, or spiked millet, called _cumboo_ in Madras, and
Chapter 89 6. _Sorghum vulgare_, or great millet, called _cholum_ in Madras, and
Chapter 90 7. _Sesamum Indicum_, or gingelee oil-plant, called _till_ in the
Chapter 91 1. _Cicer arietinum_, or Bengal gram, the seeds of which are eaten, and
Chapter 92 2. _Dolichos unifloris_, or horse gram, with grey seeds, used for
Chapter 93 3. _Dolichos sinensis_, or _lobia_, a twining annual, with large pale
Chapter 94 4. _Cajanus Indicus_, pigeon-pea, or _toor_. A shrub three to six feet
Chapter 95 5. _Phaseolus mungo_, black gram, or _moong_. A nearly erect, hairy
Chapter 96 6. _Phaseolus rostratus_, or _hullounda_, a twining plant, with large,
Chapter 97 8. _Lablab cultratus_, a twining plant, with white, red, or purple
Chapter 98 9. _Dolichos lablab_, or _bulla_, a twining plant of which there are
Chapter 99 10. _Botanical Descriptions of Species of Chinchonæ now growing in
Chapter 100 1854. On the 31st of December, 1860, they had of

Chapter 22: CHAPTER XX.

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--DepÃ´t at Kew--Treatment of plants in Wardian cases--Effects of introduction of chinchona-plants into India on trade in South America--Neilgherry hills 331 [Illustration] TRAVELS IN INDIA. [Illustration]

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