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King returned Henderson's two reports the other day and now encloses Broughton's[?], Henderson's and Howard's letters [not attached]. He is exceedingly obliged to Hooker for sending them and hopes he has not kept them too long. King did not like the tone of Henderson's garden report and some of his changes will have to be abandoned. Scott, writing whilst on a visit to the garden lately, says that he fears things will come to a deadlock before long. Henderson's report does not give an account of all the changes that have occurred since last December. The nurseries, for example, have all been removed from the outskirts to the middle of the garden. King thinks it was a great pity Broughton ever got himself out under the Commissioner and he is glad that the Cinchona is not under any of the Civil authorities. He thinks paragraphs eight and nine of the Commissioner's letter are beautiful examples of McIvor's logic and must have been prompted by him. King does not think coppicing [Cinchona] succirubra will answer anything like so well in the Nilgiris as in Sikkim. He does not think the C. officinalis trees will stand mossing very often. He intended to have tried mossing in Sikkim and wrote to Gammie about it but, as Henderson does not mention it, he must not have allowed the experiment to go ahead. King also recommended that succirubra cultivation in Sikkim be moderated and that calisaya be extended, which agrees with Broughton, but Henderson writes in his report that succirubra is the species that ought to be gone in for. King saw [W.J.H.] Trail the other day. Dickie speaks well of him, so King hopes he will do good work on the Amazons. Pages 1 and 4 of 8.

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King returned Henderson's two reports the other day and now encloses Broughton's[?], Henderson's and Howard's letters [not attached]. He is exceedingly obliged to Hooker for sending them and hopes he has not kept them too long. King did not like the tone of Henderson's garden report and some of his changes will have to be abandoned. Scott, writing whilst on a visit to the garden lately, says that he fears things will come to a deadlock before long. Henderson's report does not give an account of all the changes that have occurred since last December. The nurseries, for example, have all been removed from the outskirts to the middle of the garden. King thinks it was a great pity Broughton ever got himself out under the Commissioner and he is glad that the Cinchona is not under any of the Civil authorities. He thinks paragraphs eight and nine of the Commissioner's letter are beautiful examples of McIvor's logic and must have been prompted by him. King does not think coppicing [Cinchona] succirubra will answer anything like so well in the Nilgiris as in Sikkim. He does not think the C. officinalis trees will stand mossing very often. He intended to have tried mossing in Sikkim and wrote to Gammie about it but, as Henderson does not mention it, he must not have allowed the experiment to go ahead. King also recommended that succirubra cultivation in Sikkim be moderated and that calisaya be extended, which agrees with Broughton, but Henderson writes in his report that succirubra is the species that ought to be gone in for. King saw [W.J.H.] Trail the other day. Dickie speaks well of him, so King hopes he will do good work on the Amazons. Pages 1 and 4 of 8.

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King returned Henderson's two reports the other day and now encloses Broughton's[?], Henderson's and Howard's letters [not attached]. He is exceedingly obliged to Hooker for sending them and hopes he has not kept them too long. King did not like the tone of Henderson's garden report and some of his changes will have to be abandoned. Scott, writing whilst on a visit to the garden lately, says that he fears things will come to a deadlock before long. Henderson's report does not give an account of all the changes that have occurred since last December. The nurseries, for example, have all been removed from the outskirts to the middle of the garden. King thinks it was a great pity Broughton ever got himself out under the Commissioner and he is glad that the Cinchona is not under any of the Civil authorities. He thinks paragraphs eight and nine of the Commissioner's letter are beautiful examples of McIvor's logic and must have been prompted by him. King does not think coppicing [Cinchona] succirubra will answer anything like so well in the Nilgiris as in Sikkim. He does not think the C. officinalis trees will stand mossing very often. He intended to have tried mossing in Sikkim and wrote to Gammie about it but, as Henderson does not mention it, he must not have allowed the experiment to go ahead. King also recommended that succirubra cultivation in Sikkim be moderated and that calisaya be extended, which agrees with Broughton, but Henderson writes in his report that succirubra is the species that ought to be gone in for. King saw [W.J.H.] Trail the other day. Dickie speaks well of him, so King hopes he will do good work on the Amazons. Pages 1 and 4 of 8.