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IA2 ikddt: tl]i> CTriHHily. 1 H9M tuilj tall Uti; *tli;nHLrii ijf rcM^leiLtfl mil irjviillcrs in China lu chr- tuct. fii^l hCi|5e tlsat 

 u'v Mlha]1 i^oDih Eh> sIjLl' In cIcAr up the qucntifttir 



It hccna^ tliat tlii^ l.il> ^^ft^ fil^t jnlnvdnrtd IV™ Chma 4i(WMt Uh? ytar ie-=>;i lay Ml R. FoMH^Eh who tCht 

 hiilbrL tu Mr. NttBLi5p of l(jrxsli,>t, wjth whooi lhe> ftoiiLrtcL Th^ lilant, tw^cVrr. ivaa wort loftt <\i^hl oT, nliJ 

 tliou^ ]t his btciiraihtd frnm i^^tt Ijy mnn Ma:; LFlCElTJ.t^ 111 Rflpnc quanlity, rttid iIpd Jit1|>ortttl from J^n^nii 

 \u siiiaLL nunibtrt:, [ eLq not thihk it uML ercr bccDioc u pupubf u plmit in cmr gardcM od U^ HhnaLajflTi CcmJ^LIU 

 hting uppartiiLl} of a iiiorn? deUatC CflnislLliitJOQ uhd much infrrjor in Lraaiy. 



Tlicrc^va- Foint corrffpoiidH^Hce oii ihi ttilqccl oflhlH Ij!> ]Ti the ' GfirdflicTs" Clsrcnklo' for l&r7. which 

 t^^ih lr> shnw that tht ijikly hr.l inlrodiiccrl liy Mft. Fi>RTE'SE, anJ lihlch, a.^ 1 haTC saLJ, probiUy canic 

 fn>Pl Chuia^ wan lallLr, irtOir flfprilf-ronsp aid otlii:rwi>c finer thwi Th^sf iiow in cdtivJll«i. Ttcrc ev hJ^hi consi- 

 tlLrablc diRcnni» \n the aFruu^cnitii! vf the leavc^^ ^Ihic-Li *rt not al^aji amn^El Iri a rc^ai" ^Jaofl, but arc 



Ab lKw|ilWit producL^R tts Itliveh very tarly in tht ttprinir. ^,^4 ihey arc [nucla mjurtcL Ijy fro^t^ it ia di-^irahLij 

 Ln prat^iot then with B huid-hght ; and tart liiU*l t>C laLi-i ihjit thi- b^jjulifu) brflFlMd fohayc ij tHJl Uuurn^d l>y ^un 

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Though it haa betn soMtfl^fnlly groThrn by lltitih Lkictutms-, M. KaeLi^gb, and otlitr*, I h^iT ncrcnnyKtlf 

 (wrn fortunate enongh to tlowLT tilt ^^laHt, and am iudebt^jd \^ Sra Joki-pii I[ouk£1 fLU" iwrmiKjiou U^ fj^^urc one 

 Whioll llLH^venid in ihe Iloyal (Janlcnb at Kt^v iii July lft77. 



lilt Cftp^ulcn whith ia tlli; njidy one 1 hare HCRp ^^a« ^f&wn bj Mjt, J1a< KI^to^", nf OfttlwicU Park^ Wcy- 

 hri^lfiL-, and lliOU^h iirohablj not f.dly rftv^loiwd, ot-ntuiued -.v fijA ^jt.d etd^. and J^h^ws Ihc pccnliflr vhbpi: >CtJ 

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