CXxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Chinese Plants. — Mr. E. H. Wilson showed an interesting series 

 of photographs of some of the plants he had met with in his last travels 

 in China. Among fchem were pictures of — 



1. Pinus Bungeana, taken in S.W. Ichang, at an altitude of 3,500 feet, 

 showing the white bark of the stem and exposed parts of the root. Mr. 

 Wilson said he regarded this pine and Pinus sylvestris, which has in 



Fig. 84. — Types of Keel in Sweet Peas. (p. cxxiii.) 



certain parts of the world a very light bark, as the two most picturesque 



of the pines. 



2. Cunninghamia sinensis, a solitary tree 130 feet in height and 

 20 feet in girth. This tree forms pure forest in China at an elevation of 

 5,000 feet, and is the commonest timber tree in Central China, where it 

 is very valuable. The photograph was taken in S.W. Tatien-lu. 



3. Qingho biloba.—Mi. Wilson remarked that it had recently been 

 stated that this tree occurred truly wild in China, but although he 



