SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
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 mountains 
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 (Zigusirum sp.) is another flowering 
shrub, which occurs in these mountains, though 
it is less common. 
The Order Composite is well represented in 
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