INDEX 



223 



Poppy, a ycUow-flowcrcd, i. 56 

 Poppyworts, i. 138, 181, 199; ii. 9 

 Populus lasiocarpa, i. 56, 57 ; fences 

 of, 57 



Silvestrii, i. 20, 35 

 Porphyra vulgaris, ii. 63 

 Potash salts, i. 117; manufacture of, 



125. 247 

 Potato, Irish, disease of, i. 50; ii. 



58 

 Potentilla anserina, ii. 1 1 



chinensis, i. 21 



discolor, i. 21 ; ii. 63 



fruticosa, i. 199 ; ii. 8 



multifida, ii. 63 



Veitchii, i. 199, 250 ; ii. 8 

 Poterium officinale, ii. 11 

 Po-ts'ai, ii. 63 



Pratt, A. E., 221 ; ii. 123, 125, 187 

 Prickly Oak, i. i8i 

 Pride of India, i. 96, 100 

 Primrose, a blue, i. 38 



Chinese, i. 20, 29 

 Primula Cockburniana, i. 196 ; ii. 9 



involucrata, ii. 11 



nivalis, i. 181 



obconica, i. 20, 33 ; ii. 3, 47 



ovalifolia, i. 38, 248 



Prattii, i. 248 



pulverulenta, ii. 9 



sibirica, i. 184 



sikkimensis, i. 179, 198 ; ii. 9, 11 



sinensis, i. 17, 29 ; ii. 47 



Veitchii, i. 179 ; ii. 9 



vincaeflora, i. 179, 181 



violodora, i. 39 



vittata, ii. 9 

 Privet, i. 99 

 Prunus Armeniaca, ii. 26 



Davidiana, ii. 26 



dehiscens, ii. 27 



involucrata, ii. 28 



mira, i. 203 ; ii. 26 



mume, ii. 27, 43 



Padus, ii. 11 



Persica, ii. 25 



salicina, ii. 27 



serrula, var. tibctica, i. 197 



triloba, ii. 43 

 Przewalski, N. M., ii. 4 

 Pteridium aquilinum, ii. 63 

 Pteris longifolia, i. 21 



serrulata, i. 21 

 Pterocarya Delavayi, i. 224 



hupehensis, i. 33, 126 



stenoptera, i. 20, 223 ; ii. 5 

 Pteroceltis Tatarinowii, i. 33 

 Pterostyrax hispidus, i. 42, 53, 224 

 Pu-chih-ts'ao, ii. 83 

 Pucrasia styani, ii. 120 



Pucrasia xanthospila, ii. 119 



xanthospila, var. ruficollis, ii. 120 



Pueraria Thunbergiana, i. 19 ; ii. 63 



P'uerh tea, ii. 97 ; uses of, 98 



Pulse, varieties of, ii. 55, 56 



Punica Granatum, ii. 30 



Pun-tsao, or Herbal, ii. 35 



P'u-tao-tzu, ii. 30 



Pyracantha, crenulata, i. 17, 19 ;"ii. 98 



Pyramid, the, i. 15 



Pyrola rotundifolia, i. 250 



Pyrus sinensis, ii. 28 

 ussuriensis, ii. 28 



Quail, ii. 134 



the Bustard, ii. 135 

 Quercus aliena, i. 58 ; ii. 21, 78 



Fabri, ii. 78 



Ilex, var. rufescens, i. 197 



serrata, i. 20, 75, 100, 222, 223 ; 

 ii. 21, 78 ; cupules, use of, 87 



variabilis, i. 58 ; ii. 21, 78 ; 

 cupules, use of, 87 



fungus culture on, i. 38 

 Quince, ii. 28 



Rafts, bamboo, ii. 140 ; wild -fowl 



shooting from, 141 

 Railway, Hankow-Szechuan, i. 11, 32, 



72, 114, 115 ; ii. 88 

 Ramie fibre, ii. 82 ; trade in, 82 

 Ranunculus acris, ii. 1 1 

 repens, ii. 1 1 

 sceleratus, ii. 11 

 Rape, Chinese, ii. 60 

 Raphanus sativus, ii. 59 

 Ready, Oliver G., ii. 107 

 Rebellion, the, i. 114, 115; progress 



of, ii. 200 

 Red Basin, i. 3 ; boundaries of, 64 ; 

 area, 64 ; geology, 64, 69 

 agriculture in, i. 67 ; crops, 67 ; 

 fruits, 68 ; mineral wealth, 69 

 Reeves, John, ii. 47, 114 

 Rch-lung-kuan, village of, i. 182 

 Rehmannia angulata, i. 21, 30, 31 



Henryi, i. 35 

 Rcinwardtia trigyna, i. 17, 21 

 Religious communities, preservation 



of trees by, ii. 45 

 Rhamnus davuricus, i. 19 ; ii. 87 



tinctorius, ii. 87 

 Rhea, ii. 82 



Rheum Alexandrae, i. 199 

 officinale, ii. 39 



palmatum, var. tanguticum, i. 

 131 ; ii. 38, 39 

 Rhinopithccus bieti, ii. 191 

 brelichi, ii. 192 

 roxellanae, ii. 191 



