174 THE LYCHEE AND LUNGAN 



organization of a Lychee Club as early as the Ming dynasty, will 

 prove of unusual interest. 



The additional material, pages 151 to 188, and all the illus- 

 trations were printed at the Mount Pleasant Press, J. Horace 

 McFarland Company, Harrisburg, Pa., in June, 1921. A 

 portion of the edition will be bound in the United States, but 

 copies for distribution in the Orient will be assembled and bound 

 in China. 



We are only on the threshold of an understanding of this 

 interesting and valuable fruit. A scientific lychee culture is essen- 

 tial to China and is of interest to the West. The industry should 

 be systematically developed in China and foreign markets 

 created for the canned and dried products. It is the writer's hope 

 that in the near future the Chinese will work out the scientific 

 phases of lychee culture as well as they have the historical and 

 literary lore of this most highly prized fruit. 



G. WEIDMAN GROFF. 

 Washington, D. C., U. S. A. 

 June 22, 



