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Yang-mae trees, which the Government of India 

 was anxious to introduce to the Himalaya, I was 

 somewhat better informed upon this subject than 

 the learned Chinaman. I told him the fine variety 

 of Yang-mae was grafted upon the wild kind, which 



Remarkable Tree. 



the Chinese call the San or hill variety {Myrica sa- 

 pida) ; and further, I showed him some plants which 

 I had just purchased : but all was of no use ; he was 

 " convinced against his will," and still firmly believes 

 the Yang-mae is usually grafted on the pine. 



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