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this is forced to send out numerous laterals near its base, and 

 these are tied down in a neat and regular manner with strings 

 of silk thread. By having the plants clothed with branches 

 in this way, and by keeping the leaves in a green and healthy 

 state, the specimens never have that bare and broom-headed 

 appearance which they often present in England when they 

 are taken into the greenhouse in winter. 



" About Shanghae and Ning-po, the Chrysanthemum is 

 still better managed than it is near Canton ; but the success 

 which attends it may be attributed, partly at least, to the 

 more favorable nature of the climate, the plant being indig- 

 enous to the central or more northern parts of the empire. 

 The system of cultivation is nearly the same ; the main 

 points attended to being those which have been noticed, 

 namely, choosing a rich soil, planting at once into large pots, 

 training to a single stem, and inducing it to send out nu- 

 merous laterals, and giving liberal supplies of manure water 

 during the growing season. The Chinese are fond of having 

 very large blooms, and, in order to obtain these, they gener- 

 rally pick off all the small flower buds." 



Here is a graphic description of a Cryptomeria, from which 

 we may judge what it ought to become among ourselves : — 



" Never in my life had I seen such a view as this, so grand, 

 so sublime. High ranges of mountains were towering on 

 my right and on my left, while before me, as far as the eye 

 could reach, the whole country seemed broken up into moun- 

 tains and hills of all heights, with peaks of every form. 



" While gazing with wonder and admiration on the scene, 

 my attention was arrested by a solitary Pine-tree of great 

 size, standing about a hundred yards from the gateway. No 

 other trees of any size were near it. Its solitary position near 

 the pass, and its great height and beautiful symmetry, made 

 it appear a most striking object. ' What could it be ? was it 

 new, or did we already possess it in England ? ' I must 

 confess that for a sew seconds I had eyes for nothing else. 

 Chairs, coolies, and mountains, were all forgotten, and I 

 believe, had the guard of Celestials attempted to prevent me 

 from going into Fokien, the only boon I should have asked 



