Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-08-29

their crates in the roomy empty fore
hold. | became more and more exer-
clsed and concerned with new anxiety
Bound to Call at Para.
We were bound 10 call in at the
city Of Para as the port of entry. il
order to obtain clearance papers for the
ship before we could so to sea 1t was
perfectly certain in my mind that il
the authorities guessed the purpose Of
what | had on beard, we should be de-
tanned on a plea for instructions from
the central government at Rio. if moi
interdicted altogether ! had heard OF
the difficulties encountered in the Glenn
ents Markham Introduction Of quin,ne
trees into India in getting them out
from the Montana Of Peru. Any such
delay would have rendered my precious
freight quite vaineless and useless
But again fortune favored. | had
a friend at court in the person Of Con
sul Green. He quite entered into the
spirit of the thing, went himself with
me on a call to the proper official, AND
backed me up as | presented Ills TX
ceIlency my difficulty and anxiety, be,
ing in charge Of. and having on board
ship anchored out in the stream, ex-
ceedingly delicate botanical specimens
especially designated for delivery to
Her Britannia Maiestys own Royal
Garden Of Kew Even while doing my
self the honor of thus calling on His
EAcellency. had given orders to the
captain of the ship TO keep mp steam
having ventured to trust Ills Excel
iencv would see his way clear to tnf-
nishing me with immediate dispatch. An
interview most polite full Of mutual
compliments in tie best Portuguese
m nm of Y
as soon as the captain had got the din
gey hauled aboard.
u got the captain 10 put me ashore
at Hayre. and then posted over to New
and saw Sir Joseph Hooker. SO as to
dispatch night goods train to meet
the ship on arrival at tile Liverpool
docks
Sir William Thiselton- Dyer speaks
lntere stingly of the next step:
Was Beyond Imagination.
June. 1876, when Mr.. Wickham arrived
al Kew in u hanson cab with his
precious box Of seeds. not even the wild
est Imagination could have contcmplat
ed its result saw Mr. Wichham $
seeds planted. We knew ii was touch
aud 60, because il was likely the seeds
would not germinate | remember well
going into the propagating house Oh the
third DAY they were planted and seeing
that by good hex the seed was ger
minating. So rapifly did the plants
several thousand If them- that
we had to have special eases made On
August 18th, thirty eight eases went
out to Geylon on a II. " q. steamer, i'll
charge Of gardener.
The whole expense Of initiation and
the whole burden of finance from first
to last was borne BY the India office"
The seedlings were sent to Ceylon be
cause II was decided that the climate of
the island was better suited than that
Of India for the rearing Of the precious
trees. The gardens at Heneratgoda rs
miles from Colombo were opened as
their permanent resting place
The first tree lowered AZ Henerat
CODA in 1881. and in that year the first
experiments III tapping began. The plan
tation was thinned out in lsS2, and in
1883 26o seeding plants were raised.
most Of which We're distributed in Cey-
lon. Ia 1854 there were over II thou
sand trees at Heuerat CODA. but II was
found necessary to thin the plantation
again i'll 1885 and va read If III fine
trees existing in 1887. In 1898 about
10000 seeds were distributed to plant
erS i'll ceyIon ard similar numbers were
disposed of in the wears immediately sue
ceedjng tie seeds being eagerly taken at
q price Of 10 rupees about $50 ii
thousand