View of cinchona under cultivation at Government Plantation no. 5, Rungbi, near Darjiling. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along hillside, with gardener standing beside a cinchona tree: 'Chinchona succirubra. Portion of Plantation No. 5 at Rungbee near Darjeeling showing the tallest plant of C. succirubra age 2 years and 9 months. The head gardener in the picture is 5 feet ...
Cut specimen of the leaves of Chinchona succirubra, from the Government plantation at Rungbi, near Darjiling. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
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'Broad leaved dark green variety. From a plant 2 years and 9 months old growing at Plantation No. 5 at Rungbee near Darjeeling. July 1867.' Reference A. No. 1 written on print.
Cut specimen of the leaves of Chinchona succirubra, from the Government plantation at Rungbi, near Darjiling. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
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'Narrow leaved pale green variety. From a plant 2 years and 9 months old growing at Plantation No. 5 at Rungbee near Darjeeling. July 1867.' Reference A. No. 2 written on print.
Cut specimen of the leaves and flowers of Chinchona officinalis var. Bonplandiana, from the Government plantation at Rungbi, near Darjiling. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
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'From a plant 2 years & 9 months old growing at No. 4 Plantation at Rungbee near Darjeeling. Flowers with long stamens and short styles. July 1867.' Reference B. No. 1 written on print.