pun la. in Rome, some s 



eeds ..1 th.- \-« 



:zi. 



This"<: 



. 



)\v six :..-. i 





a half hiirh, and cot 











l.-titnted lor 



ovei 



Eucalyptus. The 

 ■ Cochin China and 



Y-dzi is indige 



''.'"; 



;!';;iT 



L!:-it 



; is found all 

 he Annanite 



'I 



'he' grains of the \ 



f-dzi, stripped 



of 



their hi 



isk, are 



eatable like 





mon grains, and po 



ssess a peeuliai 







aste. The Y-dzi is 









nt. 



The inhabitant? 



of Tonquin 





it "the grass of lif 























of Tonquin 





extremely unhealthy 











• Ninh ami 







Huang (),. 1 







dr, the \ 



rater of the 















• as that of 





p. Travellers use t 



: ;e, i'-d Z i iuYhe 











Chii 



1a. The grains of the Y-dzi, eatjn 













id an efficacious enn 



) of disease of t 









e bad effect 







" The grains o 



flh 



C Y-d/.i/ 





i missionary 







■■ 'ileiit proport 





They 



atibrd a 



• 



« beverag 



ties the blood, 







the stomach, and is 





iuretic. To obtain 



it they take on 



th. 







tie almonds, 





id boil them in wat 



er. Wcll-to-d( 









: make very 



" fl 



equent use of the Y 



-dzi during the 



sm: 



imer. Here the" 



plant easily 



Mr. E. J. ACKKOYD to RoYAT. GARDENS. K E W. 



Kensington Talaec Hotei, 

 Dear Sir, 7th September 1892. 



In November or December, 188>, 1 wrote to you about a tree or 

 shrub in Tonquin called the Y-dzi, said to possess valuable properties 

 for drying up ; .and other purposes. 



. I ,. .!. :,. • : ! ; .• • .:. ... ■ • .. ■ 



Mission in Hon- Kon-. He sends seeds and an extract from a letter 

 written by one of the Missionaries in Tonquii,. whi< li says .— 



