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book, the Information is so much a part of the general text and 

 of such varied character. There are, of course, special chapters 

 on the medicinal plants, fruits, general economic products, timber 

 trees, agriculture, gardens and gardening, and the tea industry. 



Besides all the interesting data about plants and their products, 

 the author has been very much alive to all that was happening 

 during his travels, and there is a great deal of very interesting 

 narrative in connection with the people of this little known king- 

 dom. Particularly the Chino-Thibetan frontier country with 

 its all but unknown people has claimed considerable attention. 

 Their religions, mode of life and peculiar marriage customs are 

 very interestingly dwelt on. There are four chapters devoted 

 to sport, in which most of the animals and birds seen during the 

 trip are described. A concluding chapter gives, succinctly, the 

 causes and probable tendency of the present political unrest in 

 China, as they appeal to the author. There are over a hundred 

 splendid illustrations accompanying the text, nearly all of which 

 were taken by the author on the spot. 



It is not too much to say of these volumes that they should be 

 read by all who are interested in botany, by every traveller or 

 one who hopes to travel in China, and that for the general reader 

 and merchant there is more information in attractive form about 

 western China than in any other work that comes readily to mind . 



Norman Taylor 



The American Breeders' Magazine"^ 



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