SOME IMPORTANT LlN(i XAX LYCIIEE CENTERS 



Fany; Yung (Fung Chung Jgtfi) is in the heart of this Tuny: 

 Kuan (Tung Kim 4i^) region, only three and one-half miles distant 

 from Sin T'ang (,San 'Pong $ft$). For generations the people of 

 this village have been in the business of lychee and lungan propaga- 

 tion and the nurseries are but a stone's throw from the village. 

 Carefully protected on the north by the houses of the village, and by 

 a magnificent mungo hedge, this nursery (figure 26) provides a 

 living for scores of families living in the village. The question of 

 parent trees is not neglected and the village prides itself on its rare 

 collection of costly varieties (figure 27), from which it propagates 

 by layering. Radiating in all directions from this village are paths 

 leading no great distance to groups of various varieties. Flere we 

 find a group of No mi chih (No mai ts'z Jfijf^MS) trees; in another 

 direction is a pair of Ta tsao (Tai tso ifcjt) trees (figure 28) ; while 

 still in another direction is a magnificent old specimen of Hsi chio 

 tsu (Sai kok tsz J^^), the trunk of which is at least ten feet in 

 circumference and beautifully covered with lichens and vines. A 

 life-long friend of this old tree is seen, in winter garb, seated at the 

 base of this tree (figure 29). Several days may be spent to advantage 

 at this spot, inspecting the best trees and inquiring with regard to 

 nursery and cultural methods, and in the study of varieties represented 

 in this village. The simplicity and hospitality of the country folk is 

 inspiring and makes one forget the immediate surroundings of an 

 unsanitary Chinese village. But these people spend most of their 

 time in the open country, which in beauty rivals that of our own land. 



