. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. orges is often flowers ; a waterfall, beneath which hundreds ofIris japonica luxuriated; the rocks,.drenched green with Adiantum ; the crags themselves alive with masses ofCeesalpinia , sepiaria, . Rosa moschata. Spiraeadasyantha. Wistaria sinensis, Polygala, Mariegii,and other such favourites. , And so -pe journeyedon, every hundred yards revealing some, freshaspect. At 10 we reached the Customs barrier atPing - shan - Pa, a tiny village romanticallysituated in
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. orges is often flowers ; a waterfall, beneath which hundreds ofIris japonica luxuriated; the rocks,.drenched green with Adiantum ; the crags themselves alive with masses ofCeesalpinia , sepiaria, . Rosa moschata. Spiraeadasyantha. Wistaria sinensis, Polygala, Mariegii,and other such favourites. , And so -pe journeyedon, every hundred yards revealing some, freshaspect. At 10 we reached the Customs barrier atPing - shan - Pa, a tiny village romanticallysituated in the heart of the gorge. Our papershaving been duly examined and initialed weproceeded. About a mile above this picturesquevillage the river takes a right-angled turn. Atthis bend, and near the middle of the river, is alarge and dangerous rock, designated SleepingPig. Bounding this difficulty, we soon come inview of the Needle of Heaven, an isolatedpillar - shaped ? peak of limestone, perhaps athousand feet high. At 1 oclock we were oppositeto the lovely village of Nanto, nestling amidst. Fj(i. 163.—PING-SHAN-PAI, WHERE THE CHIffESE TKIMULi GROWS WILD. 80 to 100 feet above its winter-level. At suchtimes all traific through the gorges is suspended. This gorge is about 15 miles long. The cliffsare of limestone, turreted and castellated,culminating in grotesque forms and th-e cliffs tf thisgorge are not so preci-pitous as they are in the others, the scenery is notone wliit the less grand and awe-inspiring. Allthe gorges afford such wild and wondrous scenerytbat neither pen, pencil, brush, nor,camera canadec[uately portray it, and it is very much amatter of opinion ag to which is finest. I shallever remember my first view of the Ichanggorge. It was after a heavy fall of snow. Theday was dull but clear, and the cliffs, coveredwith snow, stood out in solemn grandeur. To-daythe cliffs are alive with lovely flowers, shrubs, andherbs in the wildest profusion. , Truly a s
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