Excerpt from A Memoir of the Lady Ana De Osorio, Countess of Chinchon and Vice-Queen of Peru (A. D. 1629-39): Plea for the Correct Spelling of the Chinchona Genus To all such, to all who are interested in Chinchona cultivation, the origin of the name cannot fail to be a matter of some interest; and when it 18 known that the trees received Tit in honour of a gracious lady who first made their healing virtues known in Europe, a desire to learn something of her history is surely natural. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.