Note 1329 — I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. (continued 11)
Reading edition
Great difficulty was at first experienced in successfully conveying living Cinchona plants to India, even in Wardian cases; and the collections formed by Hasskarl, Markham, and Pritchett almost all perished after reaching their destination (Markham’s letter, 26 Feb. 1861). But the propagation by seed has proved very rapid.