84 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Sophora japonica, Salix babylonica, Populus, Ligustram lucidum and other trees upon 
which the Wax-insect lives.3! Stillingia sebifera, Varnish-tree. Gleditschia sinensis, 
Chamerops Fortunei, Oak, Melia Azedarach, Pyrus betulefolia, Pyrus spectabilis, 
Cocoa-nut tree, Gardenia florida, Quercus spec. 
Books 89—40. On the cultivation of various plants. 
Bamboo, Tea-plant, Chrysanthemum, Safflower, Indigo plants, Lithospermum ery- 
throrhizum, Rehmannia glutinosa, Lycium chinense, Cassia Sophera, Polygonatum, 
Lilium tigrinum, Job’s-tears, Plantain, Hemerocallis graminea, Brassica, Limnan- 
themum, Arundo Phragmites, Typha. 
Book 41. Breeding Animals. 
Book 42. Manufacture of Food. 
Books 43—60. Provision against times of scarcity. In this 
section the whole matter of the Kiu huang pen ts‘ao (see above 
No. 35) with all the drawings is reproduced (books 46—59). 
In the last book (60) the BF 3% 7% Ye ts‘ai pu, a small treatise 
on wild growing Vegetables (60 species), is reprinted. (See alph. 
list 1077. 
THE ## ji} 3 4% SHOU SHI T‘UNG K‘AO. 
This is a comprehensive work on Agriculture and Horticulture 
and kindred industrial sciences, with numerous illustrations, the 
most recent work of note of this class. It was compiled by Im- | 
perial command and published in 1742, in 78 books. It is well 
known also in Europe, the great sinologue Stan. Julien having 
frequently made translations from it. The Shou shi t‘ung k‘ao, 
however, is nothing but a compilation, made without much critical 
judgment, from previous works; and very little original matter is 
found in it. It seems to me that the Nung cheng ts‘iian shu, 
reviewed above, has a much higher value in this regard, but the 
Shou shi t‘ung k‘ao is important as a vast mine of quotations. 
The engravings relating to plants are very rude. 
A synopsis of the work has been given by Baron (now Marquis) 
L. d’Hervey de St. Denys in his Recherches sur 0 Agriculture et 
? Horticulture des Chinois. It is divided into eight sections com- 
prising 78 books. 
81 The article on Insect wax, and the trees upon which the i 
ts feed, was 
translated by Stan. Julien, Sees: Industries’ de. Empire Chinois i pctiias ulien 
P. Champion, p. 109. ee é ; = ? - 
