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Sterculia platanifolia, i. 20, 118 

 Strawberry, a new, i. 250 

 Straw braid, ii. 83 

 Streptopelia decaocta, ii. 135 

 Strobilanthes flaccidifolius, i. 95, 108 ; 



cultivation of, ii. 86 

 Styan, F. W., ii. 166 

 Stylophorum iaponicum, i. 38 

 Styrax Hemsleyanum, i. 32, 38 



Perkinsiae, i. 250 



roseus, i. 248 



Veitchiorum, i. 54 

 Sugar, cultivation of, ii. 85 ; history, 



86 

 Sulphate of iron, i. 70 

 Sulphur, ii. 198 

 Su-ma, ii. 61 

 Summer Lilac, i. 124 

 Sun-bird, i. 46 

 Sung che, ii. 119 



Sungpan, city of, i. 141 ; trade, 143 ; 

 crops, 144 ; game around, 145 ; 

 the tea trade, ii. 97 ; pheasants 

 around, 11 i 

 Sung shu, i. 134 ; ii. 19 

 Sun-kua, ii. 57 

 Sus leucomystix, ii. 175 



moupinensis, ii. 175 

 Swastika, i. 169 



Sweet Chestnut, i. 32, 58, 76 ; ii. 

 32 



Gum, i. 76 



Potato, ii. 58 



tea, ii. 98 

 Syers, H. C, ii. 172 

 Symplocos crataegoides, i. 19, 32 

 Syringa Potaninii, i. 184 



Sargentiana, i. 247 



tomentella, i. i8i 



verrucosa, i. 37 



Wilsonii, i. 203 

 Syrmaticus reevesi, ii. 114 

 Szechuan, eastern, scarcity of food 

 i. 58 ; timidity of people, 58 ; 

 crops, 58 ; rugged scenery, 59 

 Szechuan, market villages, i. 91, 96, 

 102 



north-central, features of, 102 



peasants, their greed, i. 102 



population of, i. 67 



Ta-chen-chai, i. 90 



Tachienlu, town of, i. 205 ; popu- 

 lation of, 206 ; trade, 208 ; the 

 brick tea trade, ii. 95 



Tachin Ho, the, i. 190 



Ta-huang, ii. 38 



Taiping Hsien, tea industry, i. 83 



Takin, the Chinese, ii. 153 



Tak-ing-ming-ts'ai, ii. 62 



Tan-chia-tien, village of, i. 61 ; 

 highway, 61, 62 



T'ang DjTiasty, ii. 86 



Tang-kuei, i. 47 ; ii. 40 



Tang-li, ii. 28 



T'ang-li-tzu, ii. 98 



T'ang-ma, ii. 81 



Tang-shen, cultivated, i. 56 ; ii. 40 



Taning-ching, salt wells of, i. 61 



Taning Ho, navigability of, i. 62 



Taning Hsien, city of, i. 62 ; trade, 

 62 



T'an-shu-ya (Lime Tree Pass), i. 32 



Tan-yao-tzu, charcoal burning, i. 241 



Tao-tzu, ii. 25 



Tao-3a, ii. 29 



Ta-p'ao shan, our camp on, i. 198 ; 

 vegetation of, 198 ; the pass, 199 ; 

 view from, 200 ; highway robbers 

 on, 200 



Ta-ping-shan, hamlet of, i. 59 ; crops 

 59 ; flora, 59 



Tapiscia sinensis, i. 234 



Taraxacum officinale, ii. 62 



Ta-suan, ii. 60 



Ta-t'ien-ch'ih, hamlet of, i. 245, 246 



Ta-t'ou-ts'ai, ii. 59 



Ta-wan-tzu, ii. 54 



Ta-wei, village of, i. 184 



Taxus cuspidata, var. chinensis, i. 

 225 ; ii. 20 



Ta-yu-ts'ai, ii. 60 -■ 



Tchitrea incei, i. 30 



Tea, its history, ii. 89 ; export trade, 

 90 ; for Thibetan market, 91 ; 

 brick tea, preparation of, 92 ; 

 carriers, 95 ; for Sungpan mar- 

 ket, 95 ; preparation of, 96 

 subspontaneous bushes of, i. 89, 



92 ; sweet, 227 

 oil, ii. 98 ; uses of, 99 

 plant, the, ii. 89 ; where in- 

 digenous, 89, 90 ; cultivation of, 

 for Thibetan market, 92, 95 

 shrub, the, ii. 98 



" Teas," sources of miscellaneous, 

 ii. 98 

 transport of, ii. 94, 95, 96 



Teh-li-pe kuo-tzu, i. 109 



Temples, i. 14 ; grounds, ii. 45 



Teng-ts'ao, ii. 83 



Tetracentron sinense, i. 37, 52, 177 



Tetraogallus henrici, ii. 126 

 tibetanus, ii. 127 



Tetraophasis obscurus, ii. 125 

 szechenyi, ii. 125 



Tetrapanax papyrifera, ii. 76 



Tetrastes severtzovi, ii. 126 



Th'ai-ling, road to, i. 195 ; gold 

 mining at, 195 ; road to, 200 



