50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1912-18 



The rambler rose (rosa multiflora) , with its pink or white 

 flowers, is one of the most attractive flowers ever brought 

 from China to America. The musk-rose also came from China, 

 and its teader constitution has prevented our hybridists from 

 cultivating it as extensively as they wish. Many species of spi- 

 rea may be found in China. The hydrangea, especially the 

 specie known as the Hydrangea Panticulata, grows, in Chiaa 

 to be a small tree, some of them reaching the height of eighteen 

 feet. The Chinese lilac has pendulous flowers, which remind 

 one of the wistaria. The Chinese call it the reflexa. There are 

 forty kinds of honeysuckle in China. 



Maize is raised to a great extent by the Chinese, who got it 

 from the Indians of our country many, many years ago. 



When traveling in China, there is hardly a shady, woody 

 by-path or road at the end of which is not a shrine, erected to 

 some god of the Chinese. Our beautiful tulip tree originally 

 came from China. It has two species — one, the tulip tree of 

 our country, the other, the tulip tree of China. The Chinese have 

 many beautiful evergreen trees, the most beautiful of these 

 being the lace bark pine tree. It gets its name because, when 

 it has grown very old, the bark takes on a beautiful lacy white 

 appearance. The silver birch and the larch tree also grow to 

 a great extent in China. There are seven belts of climate in 

 China. They are as follows: 



1. The vegetable belt, where more rice, tobacco, etc., are 



grown than anywhere else in China. 



2. The pine tree belt, where a great variety of pines and 



other evergreens may be found. 



3. The temperate belt, corresponding to the climate of 



the United States. 



4. A belt similar to No. 2 for shrubs, birch forests, and 



other trees .prevail. 



5. This belt is the limit of vegetation. That is, above 



this belt no vegetable can grow. Barley is the 

 principal grain grown here. 



6. Shrubs and scrubs massed together. 



