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PLATE XXVIII, FIGURE 37. The common method of raising the young lychee 

 trees from their nursery beds. A ball of earth is kept intact with each tree 

 raised, held in place by ropes of rice straw carefully bound about the earth 

 before the tree is moved. A large, sharp chisel is used to raise the tree. Fang 

 Yung, Tung Kuan district, Kwangtung, China, March, 1917. Photograph 

 (No. 1141) by the author. 



PLATE XXVIII, FIGURE 38. The lychee trees are transported from the nurseries 

 in boats, as seen in the illustration. Tung Kuan district, Kwangtung, China, 

 March, 1917. Photograph (No. 1140) by the author. 



PLATE XXIX, FIGURE 39. Potted lychee on sale in the Hua Ti Gardens near 

 Canton. Hundreds of these plants, sold under variety names, can be found 

 in these world-famous gardens. Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 

 1073.709) by the author. 



PLATE XXIX, FIGURE 40. Potted fruits are favorite ornamentals of the 

 Chinese. Small pots of fruiting lychee are not uncommon. Hua Ti Gardens, 

 Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 1072.708) by the author. 



PLATE XXX, FIGURE 44. A cluster of the famous No mi ts'z Glutinous rice 

 lychee, from a layered plant. (One-half natural size.) Lo Kang, Kwang- 

 tung, China, June, 1920. Photograph (No. 1349) for the author. 



PLATE XXX, FIGURE 46. A cluster of Hsiang li or Fragrant lychee from Sin 

 Hing district, Kwangtung. (About one-third natural size.) The fruits are 

 deep red in color, with a roughened surface. They are quite fragrant. Can- 

 ton, China, summer, 1915. Photograph (No. 1136) for the author. 



PLATE XXXI, FIGURE 42. The most conspicuous insect enemy of the lychee 

 a highly decorated species of Pentatomidae, Tessaratoma papillosa. The 

 winged adults, lychee-colored nymphs, and hatched and unhatched eggs are 

 all shown about natural size. Ling Nan (Canton Christian College), Canton, 

 China, summer, 1915. Photograph (No. 1139) by the author. 



PLATE XXXII, FIGURE 41. An ingenious method of killing the lychee tree borer. 

 Cantonese farmer, standing in the fork of the tree, shooting "hisser" firecrackers 

 into the holes which the larvae have bored in the branches of the tree. Near 

 Canton, China, January, 1914. Photograph (No. 1035.306) by the author. 



PLATE XXXII, FIGURE 43. The trunk of a lychee tree showing the work of the 

 lychee borer and lichens growing over the bark. The sight of both is very common. 

 Near Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 1065.701) by the author. 



PLATE XXXIII, FIGURE 45. A natural size and natural color reproduction of 

 the inarched type of No mi ts'z variety of lychee as produced at Lo Kang, 

 Canton, China, summer, 1915. Photograph (No. 1137) for the author. 



PLATE XXXIV, FIGURE 47. The original parent tree of a famous variety of 

 lychee, the Hsi chio tsu Sai kok tsz or Rhinoceros horn. In the Tseng 

 ch'ing district the fame of this variety is next to that of the Kua lu or Hanging- 

 green (see PLATE XVI). Liu ts'un, Tseng ch'ing district, Kwangtung, 

 China, June 29, 1918. Photograph (No. 31330) by the author. 



PLATE XXXIV, FIGURE 48. View of the entire "Rhinoceros horn" tree, the 

 trunk of which is shown in FIGURE 47. In the Tseng Ch'ing district this 

 variety ranks third in earliness. Some idea of the size of this tree may be 

 made by comparing it with the people standing along the road. This tree 

 had a spread of head of more than sixty feet. The forked trunk, breast high, 

 had a total circumference of twelve feet. Liu Ts'un, Tseng Ch'ing district, 

 Kwangtung, China, June 29, 1918. Photograph (No. 31329) by the author. 



