204 
13. “ Pem pah shu,” Thuya sp. be e ... 20-30 
14, “ Maou chuh,” “This is the finest Bamboo in 
China and is prized above all others, owing 
to the clean branched stems it produces. 
Young shoots eaten by the Chinese ” ee 70 
15, “ Mein pah shu” (Prostrate Juniper) Juniperus 
sp. vies vee wee tee vee sv 1-2 
163." Tsye sung pah shu,” Thuya sp. yew -~ 10-15 
17, “ Kin sung shu,” Pinus sp. Japan, only found in 
gardens in China _ ... ive — bis 30 
18. “ Pa be sung shu” (White barked pine) et 50 
19, “* Lew san shoo” Cryptomeria japonica inne AOU 
20. “ Peh shoo,” Juniperus sphaerica ce as 60 
21. “ Pih kwo shu” Salisburia adiantifolia ... = 
22. “ Tsye san shoo,” Cunninghamia sinensis a 50 
23. “ Lo tung,” Abies jezoensis x oa : 
inflorescence or “ pole” soon made its appearance and elongating 
weeks 
included in the list of Agaves compiled by J. Smith in his 
“ Records of Kew.” Mr. N. E. Brown, who came to Kew in 1873, 
says the plant was in the collection at that date and was then some 
5-6 feet in diameter, 
he name must be accepted with some reserve until the flowers 
appear as it differs in several respects from the wild specimens and 
from the original description of this species published in Hortus 
Dyckensis, p. 302. C.P.R. 
alace Linden—A link with the past when Kew was a 
Kew P: 
Royal domain disappears by the removal of this ancient specimen 
of Linden or Common Lime, Tilia vulgaris, Hayne. Seow tie ona 
