'A further expedition which spent several months on the border was a botanical survey. Several young] Chinese ted by Mr. Liu did some very food work and col lected in' all some 1,500 species. Considering that the party did not make any very extended journeys this shows considerable industry. Mr. [Liu is a graduate of an Agricultural College and under him he had several who were prepared to learn all there was to be known about plant collect ing. The Chinese botanical survey had very good luck in being privilege ed to travel and work in conjunction with the professor of botany from Upsala University, Sweden. As a rule the Chinese survey travelled with Dr. Smith and so were able to see how plants were pressedeand looked after. Dr. Smith does excellent work and is absolutely indefatigable in scaling mountains and exploring ravines. Sometimes the poor fellow has been Tunable to get back to his base and has had, perforce, to spend a cold night out on some lonely mountain. When Dr. and Mrs. James passed the Swedish botanists encampment below the Zhara he had experienced just such a night. Mr. Liu is representing herbariums in Nanking, Peking, and. Chungking hoping to leave specimens: of his collection in each of these fnfstitutions. The Chinese botanical survey of the Tibetan border is only its infancy and much remains to be done. A beginning has been made and with 1,500 species to its credit "the present expedition has made a good start,
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