Travels in Peru and India: While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction Into India |
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... round than twice a man's girth , with its leafy head rising above all the other trees of the forest . The leaves are oblong or lanceolate - obovate , pitted in the axils of the veins , with a shining green surface , and reddish veins ...
... round than twice a man's girth , with its leafy head rising above all the other trees of the forest . The leaves are oblong or lanceolate - obovate , pitted in the axils of the veins , with a shining green surface , and reddish veins ...
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... round the village , no full- grown one is now to be found within eight or ten days ' journey and so utterly improvident are the collectors that , in the forests of Cochabamba , they bark the tree without felling , and thus ensure its ...
... round the village , no full- grown one is now to be found within eight or ten days ' journey and so utterly improvident are the collectors that , in the forests of Cochabamba , they bark the tree without felling , and thus ensure its ...
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... round a place called Ychu - corpa , " on the frontier of Bolivia ; and when they were brought to him he went to Sandia , delivered them to M. Hasskarl , and received his money . An outery was afterwards raised against Hen- 4 Howard . 5 ...
... round a place called Ychu - corpa , " on the frontier of Bolivia ; and when they were brought to him he went to Sandia , delivered them to M. Hasskarl , and received his money . An outery was afterwards raised against Hen- 4 Howard . 5 ...
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... round them , are fastened together four or five feet above their heads . This protects them from falling boughs , drip , and wild animals , for some years . Thus thousands of paths have been cut in the forests , and planted with ...
... round them , are fastened together four or five feet above their heads . This protects them from falling boughs , drip , and wild animals , for some years . Thus thousands of paths have been cut in the forests , and planted with ...
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... round Delhi and Agra . Cen- turies after the Ganges canal has become a ruin , and the great Vehar reservoir a dry ... rounded by difficulties from which all other undertakings of a similar nature have been free . When tea was introduced ...
... round Delhi and Agra . Cen- turies after the Ganges canal has become a ruin , and the great Vehar reservoir a dry ... rounded by difficulties from which all other undertakings of a similar nature have been free . When tea was introduced ...
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alkaloids amongst Arequipa Aymara Azangaro Badagas bark Bolivia botanist Brahmins Cacique Calisaya called Caravaya cascarilla chinchona chinchona forests chinchona-plants chinchona-trees climate coast coca collected commenced Coonoor Coorg cordillera corregidors cotton covered cultivation cura Cuzco descended dollars elevation febrifugal feet high flowers ghaut Government grassy growing Hasskarl height Huanuco Inca Inca Tupac Amaru Indians Islay Java José journey Juliaca lake lake Titicaca land leagues leaves Lima Loxa Madura Malabar McIvor micrantha miles mita mountains mules Mysore native Neilgherry hills Ootacamund Paucartambo Pavon peaks Peru Peruvian plain plantations plants province Pulneys Puno Quichua quinine quinquina rain ravine red-bark region ridge river road rock round Sandia seeds sent side Sispara Siva slopes soil South America Spaniards Spanish Spruce stone succirubra supply Tambopata Titicaca Todars town trees Tungasuca Tupac Amaru valley valuable species viceroy village Wardian Weddell yield young