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Shensi, and even those of districts originally in- 

 cluded in Mongolia, are clothed with bushes of a 

 Wild Rose. In spring these are thickly covered 

 with fine yellow blossoms, making a wonderful 

 display of colour. The red stem of this Rose is 

 thickly covered with sharp spines. The leaves 

 are very small and pinnate. In autumn the 

 bushes are thickly laden with round hips of a 

 dark crimson colour and sweet pleasant taste. 

 Altogether this is one of the most beautiful wild 

 flowering plants of North China, and should be 

 introduced into European gardens. I found this 

 plant growing on the very border of the Ordos 

 Desert on dry and exposed mountain sides. 



Another Wild Rose of a straggling growth and 

 with a large pink blossom occurs in the moimtains 

 of Shansi, usually being found in the sheltered 

 ravines, while a third species of stunted growth 

 and with a small pink blossom occurs in the 

 mountains of North Chihli and North Shansi, 

 and even in the hills of the Mongolian Plateau. 



A fine flowering shrub which is found in the 

 mountainous regions is the Lilac (Syringa sp.). It 

 grows to a height of from three to eight feet, and 

 is thickly covered with fragrant blossoms. The 

 Chinese have fine cultivated varieties of this species. 



The Privet {Ligustrum sp.) is another flowering 

 shrub, which occurs in these mountains, though 

 it is less common. 



Tlie Order Compositas is well represented in 



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