TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 



I. Introduction 



II. Origin of the Names Lychee (|1i) and Lungan (flUR) 



and English Spelling and Romanization 13 



III. Chinese Literature on the Lychee. . . . 16 



IV. European and American Literature on the Lychee and 



Lungan . . 23 



V. Botany of Four Important Sapindaceous Fruits ... 32 



VI. The South China Region, the Home of -the Lychee 



and Lungan 44 



VII. Some Important Ling Nan Centers 47 



VIII. The Climate Best Adapted to the Lychee and Lungan 54 

 IX. Soils Adapted to the Lychee and Lungan and Cultural 



Methods 58 



X Methods of Propagation . 64 



XI. The Lychee and Lungan in Commerce 71 



XII. Knemies , 82 



XIII. Varieties of the Lychee 87 



XIV. The Lungan 103 



XV. The Introduction of the Lychee and Lungan into 



Other Lands '. Ill 



XVI. Summary 116 



APPENDICES 

 I. Bibliography of Chinese References on the Lychee and 



the Lungan 119 



II. Bibliography of Western References on the Lychee. . . 127 



III. Canton Weather Table 142 



IV, Present-Day Varieties of Kwangturg Lychee and 



Lungan . 14 3 



V. Analyses of Lychee and Lungan Fruits 149 



