been felt, and the importance of its cultivation discussed, for twenty
years. On December 17th, 1859, we sailed from England, and, crossing
the isthmus of Panama, arrived in Lima, the capital of Peru, on January
26th, 1860. Thirty Wardian cases for the plants had been sent out round
Cape Horn, and I forwarded fifteen to Guayaquil for Mr. Spruce's
collection, and fifteen to the port of Islay in Southern Peru, to await
my return from the chinchona forests. After a month's residence in Lima
we embarked on board one of the mail-steamers for the southward, and on
the 2nd of March, 1860, we landed at Islay, which is more conveniently
situated than any other port for a journey to the chinchona forests of
Southern Peru or Bolivia.