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country. After a distant view of Mount Morrison he returned 

 to the port, having obtained, amongst other material, seed of a 

 new species of Lilium. 



An attempt to enter the island from the north side met with 

 a like failure and he returned to Shanghai. 



In the spring of 1878 Maries visited Chin-kiang and Kui- 

 kiang, collecting en route the pretty Daphne Genkwa, found 

 growing in quantity with Exochorda grandiflora, Spirseas, 

 Hypericums, Deutzias, Weigelas and the stunted Pinus 

 sinensis, and, in more sheltered situations, Forsythias, 

 Loniceras, Akebias and Wild Cherries were common. 



On the Looshan Mountains a white form of Daphne Genkwa 

 with Rhododendron Fortunei and Loropetalum sinense were 

 discovered, seeds of all being obtained and successfully 

 introduced. 



On an excursion to the " Teen Cha " Temple, known also 

 as the "Yellow Dragon" and "Heavenly Pool" Temple, 

 Maries saw magnificent trees of Larix Ksempferi, Cryptomeria 

 japonica, and the Chinese form of Liriodendron tulipiferum, 

 as well as that beautiful Lily since named by Baker, Lilium 

 lancifolium formosanum. 



On this trip Maries suffered severely from sunstroke and 

 returned to the coast. 



The summer of 1878 he again spent in Japan, collecting 

 seeds of plants, especially of Conifers, of which he had made 

 notes on his former trip. 



In December he left Japan and went to Han-kow on the 

 Yangtsze, starting early in the spring of 1879 for Ichang, 800 

 miles higher up the river. 



Amongst the gorges of Ichang, where the Great River 

 rushes out of the mountains, Maries found Primula obconica, 

 and sent seed to Chelsea. 



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