CONTENTS. 



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Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 11 



Index of common and scientific names 65 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. The Curuba melocoton (Sicana odorifera) 11 



II. A wild rose of western China {Rosa soulieana) 21 



III. A tree of the Vera variety of carob (Ceratonia siliqua) 26 



IV. Chinese jujube trees of the Tang, or Sugar, variety (Ziziphits jujuba) . . 29 

 V. Fruiting branches of the che tree ( Cudrania tricuspidata) 29 



VI. Edible acorns of the Chinese oak (Panama cor?i€a) 38 



VII. Dried fruits and nuts of the Australian quandong (Mida acuminata).. 39 



VIII. The fruit of the Chinese edible haw {Crataegus pinnatifida) 47 



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