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In the Customs List of Medicines mention is made of a small 
export, about 100 pounds annually, from Pakhei, and this is said 
to be produced in the province of Kwangsi. 
I was not fortunate enough to co u he tree in the wil 
state, but the natives report that it is occasionally to be met wit 
d in the woods on the great tain range that form the 
It was stated in the Kew Bulletin (1. c. p. 93) that ** Zucommia 
ulmoides promises to be hardy at Kew." As will be seen from 
the following note by Mr. W. J. Bean, the Assistant Curator, 
this expectation has been fully realised :— 
Eucommia ulmoides has been grown out of doors at Kew with- 
doubt but that the species will prove quite hardy in most parts of 
Great Britain. 
It is a vigorous, free-rooting plant and bears transplanting well. 
It wili, I believe, thrive in any soil of average quality, but seems 
io prefer a rich light loam. In such a soil at Kew, young trees 
Struck from cuttings five years ago are now 6 feet high and make 
shoots 2 feet to 2} feet long in one season. 
Tt can be propagated easily by means of cuttings, and with these 
two methods may be adopted. The quickest method is to take 
, : L 
8 growth, about 6 inches long, in late 
; ra cloche. cr hand-light. They will take root the 
following spring. This method is not so quick as the other, nor 
d the 
in height till a clean trunk of (say) 6 feet has been formed. 
— the plants are pruned they assume a more or less bushy 
orm. 
