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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  THE 
  PRESENT 
  STATUS 
  OF 
  CHINESE 
  BOTANY 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  botanical 
  centers 
  in 
  China 
  before 
  the 
  war 
  were 
  Canton, 
  

   the 
  Nanking-Shanghai 
  area, 
  and 
  Peiping, 
  with 
  some 
  activity 
  in 
  Sze- 
  

   chwan. 
  In 
  Canton 
  were 
  Lingnan 
  University 
  and 
  Sunyatsen 
  Uni- 
  

   versity. 
  In 
  Nanking 
  were 
  Nanking 
  University 
  and 
  National 
  Central 
  

   University, 
  the 
  Academia 
  Sinica, 
  and 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  

   Science 
  Society 
  of 
  China. 
  In 
  Peiping 
  the 
  principal 
  institutions 
  were 
  

   the 
  Fan 
  Memorial 
  Institute 
  of 
  Biology 
  and 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  

   Peiping, 
  the 
  former 
  especially 
  interested 
  in 
  southwestern 
  China, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  centering 
  its 
  activities 
  largely 
  in 
  Mongolia 
  and 
  Sinkiang, 
  or 
  

   Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  On 
  Lu 
  Shan 
  near 
  Kiu 
  Kiang, 
  in 
  Kiangsi 
  Prov- 
  

   ince 
  was 
  the 
  Lu 
  Shan 
  Arboretum 
  under 
  the 
  Fan 
  Memorial 
  Institute 
  

   of 
  Biology. 
  This 
  arboretum 
  is 
  now 
  established 
  in 
  Likiang, 
  Yunnan. 
  

   Besides 
  these 
  major 
  centers 
  many 
  other 
  colleges, 
  universities, 
  and 
  

   societies 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  botanical 
  work, 
  such 
  as 
  Amoy 
  University, 
  

   which 
  was 
  especially 
  interested 
  in 
  marine 
  algae, 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  University, 
  

   National 
  Wuhan 
  University, 
  Kwangsi 
  University, 
  Science 
  Institute 
  

   of 
  West 
  China, 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  of 
  considerable 
  interest 
  and 
  of 
  no 
  little 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  

   of 
  Chinese-American 
  relations 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  by 
  

   Chinese 
  botanists 
  has 
  its 
  roots 
  in 
  American 
  activity 
  in 
  China. 
  Thus 
  

   their 
  methods 
  and 
  points 
  of 
  view 
  are 
  primarily 
  American 
  rather 
  than 
  

   European, 
  and 
  a 
  far 
  larger 
  proportion 
  have 
  degrees 
  from 
  American 
  

   than 
  from 
  European 
  universities. 
  In 
  Japan 
  the 
  reverse 
  is 
  true. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  many 
  fine 
  Chinese 
  botanists, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  outstanding 
  

   is 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Hu, 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Fan 
  Memorial 
  Institute 
  of 
  Biology, 
  a 
  

   graduate 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  now 
  president 
  of 
  Chung 
  Cheng 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  (Chiang 
  Kai-shek 
  University) 
  at 
  Taiho, 
  southwestern 
  Kiangsi 
  

   Province. 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  Y. 
  Chun, 
  of 
  Sunyatsen 
  University, 
  also 
  a 
  Harvard 
  

   student, 
  whose 
  present 
  location 
  is 
  unknown, 
  is 
  especially 
  versed 
  in 
  the 
  

   flora 
  of 
  southeastern 
  China 
  and 
  Hainan, 
  where 
  he 
  has 
  collected 
  ex- 
  

   tensively. 
  On 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  Canton 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  forces 
  he 
  established 
  

   the 
  university's 
  herbarium 
  temporarily 
  in 
  Kowloon 
  in 
  British 
  territory 
  

   opposite 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  Island 
  and 
  saved 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  collections. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  remove 
  from 
  Canton 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   taken 
  by 
  the 
  Japanese 
  to 
  Formosa. 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  knowledge 
  of 
  what 
  

   happened 
  on 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  Hong 
  Kong. 
  R. 
  C. 
  Ching 
  (pi. 
  11, 
  fig. 
  2) 
  , 
  head 
  

   of 
  the 
  Lu 
  Shan 
  Arboretum 
  in 
  Likiang, 
  Yunnan 
  Province, 
  is 
  the 
  fore- 
  

   most 
  authority 
  on 
  ferns, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Y. 
  L. 
  Keng, 
  of 
  National 
  Central 
  

   University 
  in 
  Chungking, 
  is 
  a 
  thorough 
  scholar 
  who 
  has 
  specialized 
  

   on 
  the 
  grasses 
  of 
  China. 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  P. 
  Fang, 
  of 
  National 
  Szechwan 
  

   University, 
  Omei 
  Hsien 
  in 
  Szechwan 
  Province, 
  is 
  working 
  on 
  the 
  

   flora 
  of 
  that 
  region 
  and 
  has 
  made 
  extensive 
  collections. 
  Dr. 
  Tseng 
  

   Cheng-kwei, 
  who 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  America, 
  is 
  a 
  specialist 
  on 
  marine 
  algae, 
  

  

  