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5. The true Water Chestnut, Pitsi III. 451, is Bleocharis 
2 tuberosa. Schultes. Sin * M itsi ' 
6. The hong hoa used as a red dye, V. 498, is Carthamus 
tinctorius. L. sin : hung hua. 
7. The siao Icm from which in Peking a blue dye is obtained, 
a “ Persicaire,” as Cibot correctly states, V. 499, is Polygonum 
tinctorium. Lonr. sin: )]> siao lam. 
8. Various kinds of Artemisia used by the Chinese for 
preparing their moxa and also a sort of tinder 
Artemisia vulgaris L. {A. igniaria. Maxim.) and Tanaceium 
chinense. A. Gray. 
9. On the cultivation of Gotton in China. II. 603. 
10. Tobacco in China. VIII. 267. 
11. The Moutan flower, III. 432, is Paeonia Moutan Sims, 
sin : mu tan. 
12. The Kui hoa, Matricaire de Chine, III 455, is the cele¬ 
brated Chrysanthemum indicum L. and Chr. sinense. Sab. sin : 
^ Kii hua. 
13. The Mu kin , XI. 500, is Hibiscus syriacus. L. sin: *11 
•mu km. 
0 f 14. The Pe ge hong, III. 480, is Lagerstroemia indica. L. sin: 
W H ifl po ji hung. 
15. The Yu lan, III. 441, is Magnolia Yulan. Desf. sin: XK 
yu lan. 
16. Under the name of Ye hiaug hoa Cibot gives a good 
description, III. 478, of Pergulatoria odoratissima. Smith. Sin : 
& ye hiang hua. 
17. The Mo li hoa , III. 446, is Jasminum Sambac. L. sin : 
mo li hua. 
18. The Tsieou hai tang, III, 443, is Begonia discolor. R. Br. 
sin : ts'iu hai fang. 
19. On the Peaches of Peking. XI. 280. 
20. On the Apricots of Peking, cultivated and wild. V. 505. 
21. On Chinese Chestnuts. III. 484. Cibot states, probably 
on the authority of ancient Chinese authors, that the Chinese 
graft the Chestnut tree upon the Walnut tree. 
22. Cibot asserts further, that the Chinese graft the Quince 
tree upon the Orange tree. III. 495. 
0 23. On Chinese Jujubes. III. 482. 
24. 25. The Tcheou tchune or Frene puant, and the Hiang 
tchune or Frene odorant. II. 598. Cibot gives good descriptions 
of both trees. Ailantus glandulosa. sin: J| cliou cliun .— 
Cedrela sinensis. Adr, Juss. sin : ^ hiang cKu%. 
