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STOCK FOR THE LAI-AN NURSERY 



THE LAI-AN FOREST NURSERY 



This stock sent from the University of Nanking, the magistrate paying Magistrate Wan, in black and white, directing the work of establishing 

 half and the colony half the cost. the nursery near the village. 



REFUGEES IN A HUT 



These people fleeing from the country took 

 refuge in a hut under a ginkgo tree on the nursery 

 plantation near Lai-an. 





THE MEN RESPONSIBLE 



Magistrate Wan of Lai-an, Dr. Bailie and 

 Mr. Best, the men whose efforts resulted 

 in the forest nursery being established. 



CHURCH AND PAGODA 



These places are some fifteen miles from Lai-an, 

 but on the road to it, and are very well attended 

 by the villagers and others. 



THE NURSERY GROUND 



After a conference the plot of ground here shown was selected for the 

 location of the forest nursery. 



A LAI-AN BACK YARD 



The donkeys so much used in China are kept so close to the kitchen 

 door that they are the chief back yard ornaments. 



THE STOCK, THE WORKERS, THE PRINCIPALS AND THE CEREMONIES AT THE FOREST NXTRSERY AT LAI-AN, CHINA 



