CONTENTS 



I. The Flora of Western China : A Brief Account of 



THE Richest Temperate Flora in the World . i 



II. The Principal Timber Trees . . . • 15 



III. Fruits, Wild and Cultivated . . . . 24 



IV. Chinese Materia Medica . . . . "34 



V. Gardens and Gardening: Favourite Flowers Culti- 

 vated BY the Chinese . . . . .42 



VI. Agriculture : The Principal Food-Stuff Crops . 48 



VII. The more Important Plant Products : Wild and 



Cultivated Trees of Economic Importance . 64 



VIII. The more Important Plant Products : Cultivated 



Shrubs and Herbs of Economic Value . . 79 



IX. Tea and " Tea- Yielding " Plants: The Tea Industry 



FOR THE Thibetan Markets , . . .89 



X. Insect White-Wax . . . . .100 



XI. Sport in Western China : Pheasants and other 



Game Birds ...... 106 



XII. Sport in Western China : Wild-Fowl — Shooting on 



THE Ya River ...... 138 



XIII. Sport in Western China : Ruminant and other Game 



Animals ....... 144 



XIV. Sport in Western China : Carnivorous and other 



Animals, including Monkeys . . . .178 



XV. Western China : Minerals and Mineral Wealth . 194 



XVI. Conclusion : Some General Remarks on the Rebel- 

 lion — The Causes which have produced it; the 

 People and Future Possibilities . . . 200 



Index . . , . . . .211 



