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the \Vild Strawberry {Fr agar la sp.) thrives, pro- 

 ducing two or three large berries upon each stalk. 

 The latter are unusually long, w^hich is doubtless 

 due to the length of the grass in which the plant 

 grows. The flavour of this fruit is excellent. I 

 found it growing at altitudes exceeding 8,000 feet. 



There are at least two species or varieties of 

 Mulberry (Morus). One of these {Morus alba) 

 bears a white fruit of a very fine flavour and large 

 size. It grows in the province of Chihli. I have 

 not seen it in Shansi or Shensi, but it doubtless 

 occurs there. The other variety produces a fine 

 purple fruit, which is perhaps of a stronger flavour 

 than the white. This plant sometimes attains 

 the size of a large tree, and on account of its large 

 leaves gives good shade. This Mulberry is ex- 

 tensively cultivated in both Shansi and Shensi, 

 chiefly for the sake of its leaves, upon which silk- 

 worms are fed. 



In the mountains of North China there grows 

 in great profusion a very thorny shrub, with pale 

 blue-green leaves. It produces great quantities 

 of a very sour, orange berry, which, however, has 

 an exquisite flavour. The berries grow in close 

 masses upon the stem. They are no larger than 

 small peas, have several small hard pips, are very 

 soft and juicy, and grow upon short petioles. They 

 form one of the staple winter diets of the pheasants, 

 these birds always being found in coverts of this 

 shrub. 



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