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the Wild Strawberry (Fragaria sp.) thrives, pro- 
ducing two or three large berries upon each stalk. 
The latter are unusually long, which 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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