74 m BBAtrtiPui. w-owbhs. 



tlie Chinese cultivate and prize it above all other 



plants. Tfc& ^T^<B4 &0m%^' lie says, ' * ce- 

 le^ratM for itt i^^nty % iiie Clim^iBe poiete^ and 



tanked for its virtues among- the plants which, 

 according to Chinese thcoloo'y, enter into tJie 

 beverage of immortality, flourished in the greatest 

 vigtwjt hi Ihe gardeoa of Tilug, chow. Its tulip- 

 H^B blbi^ms oi mmy peeak, tkM mtili 

 most delicate pink, linii<>' over its fan-like I^^nri^ 

 floated on the surface of the water, or rising on 

 lon|; footstalks, of unequal height, bent them 



inkik flight mtmf mi jMI^ gtacefol 



Yu&aj and under the walls of Pekin," con- 

 tinues Dr. Aljeh " I saw it covering, wirh ])ink 

 and yellow blossoms, large tracts of hind, and 

 mnM sympatliise mtK tke ^atliusiasm of the 

 Ciainese tedt, wko have ficing of the de%M of 

 moonlight excursions on I'ivrrs. e(ivi>red with tlie 

 ■dowering Lieu/wha. Its seeds, in size and form, 

 like a small acorn without its cup, are eaten 

 green, or dried as nuts, and are often preserved 

 a$ sweetmeAfe ; tkey Kaivef a nut-like ^o^wer. Its 

 DDOtS, sometimes as thick as tht- unn, of a p$ie 

 green without, ami whitl-ib wirliin, iu a raw 

 slafe. ari' eaten as fruit, being juicy, ami i>f a 

 i^weetish and reiresliing flavour, and wheji boiled 



arc SCO. ved as vig^t»les« Th& hm^ are said to 



