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planted out in the ground, and where the first 
process of dwarfing their celebrated trees is put 
in operation. These contain large collections of 
Camellias, Azaleas, oranges, roses, and various 
other well-known plants, which are purchased by 
the Chinese when in flower. The most striking 
plant in autumn or winter is the curious fingered 
Citron, which the Chinese gather and place in their 
dwellings or on their altars. It is much admired 
both for its strange form and also for its perfume. 
The mandarin orange is also much grown at Fa-tee, 
where the plants are kept in a dwarf state, and 
flower and fruit most profusely, producing large, 
_ flat, dark, red-skinned fruit. The Chinese have a 
great variety of plants belonging to the orange 
tribe ; and of one which they call the cwm guat — 
a small oval-fruited variety—they make a most 
excellent preserve. The Murraya exotica, Aglaia 
odorata, Izoras, and Lagerstremias are very orna- 
mental here in autumn. 
But it is of course in spring that the Fa-tee 
gardens possess the greatest attractions. They are 
then gay with thetree pxony, azaleas, camellias, roses, 
and various other plants. The azaleas are splendid, 
and reminded me of the exhibitions in the gardens 
of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, but the 
Fa-tee exhibitions were on a muchlargerscale. Every 
garden was one mass of bloom, and the different 
colours of red, white, and purple blended together, 
had a most beautiful and imposing effect. The 
principal kinds grown were Azalea indica, indica 
