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of China by the Jesuits. Du Halde*, indeed, says, that there is a 
large establishment of them in the neighbourhood of Pekin, re- 
sorted to by the Emperor; and Mr. Bell j- states generally that they 
are used as a remedy ; but neither writer induces the belief that 
they are used as a means of cleanliness. 
In the suburbs of Nankin, the cloth which bears its name was 
exposed for sale. The raw yellow cotton, from which it is supposed 
to be made, was in vain looked for ; but the white, was seen dressing 
in several places. 
Amongst many other plants that grew on the walls of Nankin, the 
Rosa Banksiana, Cotyledon spinosa , of Linnaeus and Murray^, Ha- 
mamelis Chinensis of Sir Joseph Banks’ herbarium, and the Ficus 
repens , were the most abundant. The Ficus repens almost hid the 
walls by its profusion. The Hamamelis , which much resembled it in 
habit, was in less quantity, but also grew in the enclosure. A descrip- 
tion of this plant, by Mr. Brown, accompanied by a figure, enriches 
the Appendix to this work. The expressed juice of the Cotyledon 
spinosa is said to be used by the Chinese women for dying their 
hair of a black colour, and preventing baldness. 
Amongst the larger plants, the Pinus Massoniana of Mr. Lambert, 
and the Ginho of Kasmpfer, Qua-tchow of the Chinese, and Salis- 
buria adiantifolia of Smith, were found in the enclosure and with- 
out the walls ; but in no great number. The fruit of the Salisburia, 
however, was exposed for sale in such quantities as to prove its 
* L’Empereur logea dans une maison qu’il a fait faire expres : cette maison n’a que 
trois petits pavilions fort simples; dans chacun de ces pavilions il y a des bains, outre 
deux grands bassins quarres qui sont dans la cour assez proprement batis; l’eau qui est 
dans ces bassins, a quatre a cinq pieds de profondeur: la chaleur en est moderee: on 
m’a dit que ces bains etoient fort t’requentes. — Du Halde, tome quatrieme, p. 288. 
f Bell’s Travels, vol. ii. p. 123. 
t Nov. Comm. Gott. tom. vii. p. 33. 1 venture to adopt Murray’s name in preference 
to the last Linnaean one of Crassula, because I find my specimens not only possessing 
ten stamina, but a monopetalous corolla, although its divisions are very deep. 
