and the profits. In Chien-cliany, near the cities of Xioy-yiun, Fv 

 and Ifni-li Chow, the insect tree is planted, an evergreen tree with 



large and pointed ovate leaves. It is so valuable thai it constitutes a 

 separate article of property, distinct from the soil on which it unm>. 



is evidently under conditions best fitted for its healthy development. 



local consumption and ill, -npnlv ol' Yn-.num. At the end of April the 



cribed as a substance resembling Hour, and contained in a 



size and shaj 1 a pea. Three hundred of the littie bags 



Tuc/. Tiny are eagerly bought up in Chiu-tuig /'/', and i 

 put upon the wax-tree. This tree is said to produce no seed 

 ting Fit, and to be easily multiplied by cuttings. It is not 

 grow freely, but is kept short as a stump six or seven feet 

 shoots grow very rapidly. In the following year they serve f 



required. After a lew days the insects commen 





