166 THE LYCHEE AND LUNGAN 



PLATE XII, FIGURE 16. Ling Nan lychee ready for the market. This is one 

 of the types of basket, made locally from stripped bamboo, in which the fruit 

 is marketed. Ling Nan (Canton Christian College), Canton, China, July, 



1914. Photograph (No. 4053.455) by the author. 



PLATE XII, FIGURE 17. Clusters of lychee, Huai chih variety, as they form on 

 the trees. Ling Nan (Canton Christian College), Canton, China, June, 



1915. Photograph (No. 4070.694) by the author. 



PLATE XIII, FIGURE 18. A group of Canton Christian College Middle School 

 students as seen at the time of a favorite practicum a study of the varieties 

 of the lychee. Ling Nan, Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 

 4069.693) by the author. 



PLATE XIV, FIGURE 19. A fruiting limb of a lychee tree. Ling Nan (Canton 

 Christian College), Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 1156) by 

 the author. 



PLATE XIV, FIGURE 20. The head of a lychee tree in fruit, showing the ex- 

 tremely heavy yield. Note especially how the heavily fruiting limbs have 

 been braced with bamboo poles. Ling Nan (Canton Christian College), 

 Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 1157) by the author. 



PLATE XV, FIGURE 21. Lychee trees, along the dykes, the fruit of which is 

 protected from the ravages of bats by meshed wire netting, stretched from 

 poles stuck into the mud of the ponds. The flight of the bats to the trees is 

 thus checked. Li Chih Wan, Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 

 1068.700) by the author. 



PLATE XV, FIGURE 22. A view of the terraced hills, planted to fruit, at Lo 

 Kang. The irregularly constructed steps along the sides of these hills are 

 from fifteen to twenty feet wide and quite level. The sides of the steps, as 

 seen by a man standing on each terrace, are perpendicular and from four to 

 six feet high. Lo Kang, Kwangtung, China, April 9, 1919. Photograph 

 (No. 31480) by the author. 



PLATE XVI, FIGURE 23. The outer stockade built about the famous Kua lu 

 lychee tree. With fruit worth $24 per catty (one and one- third pounds) no 

 chances are taken by the owners with thieves. This, the original Kua lu tree, 

 is said to produce fruit of very superior quality and flavor. However, layers 

 from the tree planted elsewhere are said to be far inferior to the original. The 

 original tree is very old and in the days of the Empire all the fruit was sent 

 to Peking or found its way into the hands of officials. Tseng Ch'ing, Kwang- 

 tung, China, June 28, 1918. Photograph (No. 31313) by the author. 



PLATE XVI, FIGURE 24. In addition to the stockade (Fig. 23), enclosing the 

 Kua lu lychee, there is an inner fence of bamboo. In addition to this pro- 

 tection against thieves, there is a fish-net thrown over the entire tree in order 

 to protect the fruit from the attack of birds. It is reported that when the 

 fruit is being picked from this tree it is customary for the owner to require 

 pickers to sing in a loud voice, thus assuring that no fruit is being eaten. 

 Tseng Ch'ing, Kwangtung, China, June 28, 1918. Photograph (No. 31316) 

 by the author. 



