LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Lotus Tree (Diospyros lotus), 8o ft. tall, Girth 12 ft. 



Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Deutzia Wilsonii ...... 2 



The Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica), 80 ft. tall, Girth 



12 FT. ....... 4 



A Forest of Spruce (Picea) . . . . .8 



The Thibetan Moccasin Flower (Cypripedium tibeticum) . 10 



The Spiny Bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea), 60 ft. tall . 16 



The Chinese 'Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata), 120 ft. tall. 



Girth 20 ft. .... .18 



The Chinese Pine (Pinus massoniana), 80 ft. tall, Girth 10 ft. 20 



A Dressed Log of Hemlock Spruce, 18 ft. 6 in. by 9 in. by 7 in. 22 



The Mandarin Orange in Full Fruit . . .24 



The Walnut (Juglans regia), 60 ft. tall, Girth 12 ft. . 26 



The Flowers and Fruit of Actinidia chinensis . . 30 



A Medicinal Rhubarb (Rheum officinale) . . . 2^ 



A Load of " Tu-Chung " (The Bark of Eucommia ulmoides) . 2>^ 



A Field of Platycodon grandiflorum . . -38 



A Cypress Avenue (Cupressus funebris), Chao-chueh 



Temple near the City of Chengtu . . .42 



The Lotus Lily (Nelumbium speciosum) . . .44 



The Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba), 90 ft. tall. Girth 



24 FT. . . . . . . .46 



