Se nce with a request of Kdmund q-, American Consul, Ningpo, several plants and their adop eclimntiai the United States, the following notes (with matter not strictly germane to the text) are rospectfully submitted, being supplementary Wo others on the same subject already published; that besides the plants indicated by Consul Stevens, there are many more that merit attention which are left for discussion by other Americun observers in Chins, Ningpo vacuish" the commercial name of the Chin Oi, ie, golden varnish," is a compound article, the product of two trees that first require to be described.
The b-sis of Ningpo varnish is obtained from a tree which De. Bretscleider says has not been described [botanically]. It is a kind of Rhus, denominated dngia Sinensis by Loureiro, and has a wide extending from the inland mo Chehkiang to the extreme west of the empire; the provinces of Hupei, Shensi, and Szechuan are the chief sources of supply. In old books, Shingling in I churia (N. Lat, 38, corresponding in soil and climate to New England), it is stated, produced the best article, Chinesobotauists describe the cli shw (varnish tree) as persimmon (Diospyrus) with aembling Sophora Japonica, and like cedrela odorate, and having white bark: it is from 18 to 24 feet in and paper bamlwos: cuiryatm, pr plane-tonvere Subjects of previous note:—equare, black, edi turnip, mat-cros, giatinous and red rice, Vitter oranges sp-citiens of living plants and seeds being forwarded, with a plea for ap experiment with the Yak, or ing oe," hosphogis (Boop unnieus) Those ap are, oF ought to bey under trial xe some of the agricul tural experiment slatious recently founded in severa)
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