. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. e, and a littlesandstone. The soil of the fields is a warm,red, adhesive, loamy clay. Facing the town, on the right bank of theriver, is a large pyramidal hill singularlylike the Great Pyramid of Egypt, and for plants. Walters used to forward his plantsto Dr. Hance, who described them in theJournal of Botayiy and elsewhere. In the spring of 1879 lohang was visitedby the late lamented Charles Maries, whowas then collecting for Messrs. Veitch, ofChelsea. This energetic and very successfulcollector disc
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. e, and a littlesandstone. The soil of the fields is a warm,red, adhesive, loamy clay. Facing the town, on the right bank of theriver, is a large pyramidal hill singularlylike the Great Pyramid of Egypt, and for plants. Walters used to forward his plantsto Dr. Hance, who described them in theJournal of Botayiy and elsewhere. In the spring of 1879 lohang was visitedby the late lamented Charles Maries, whowas then collecting for Messrs. Veitch, ofChelsea. This energetic and very successfulcollector discovered several new plants,including a new genus belonging toKutaceje—Psilopeganum sinense. He also intro-duced from here the now well-knownPrimula obconica. To botanists in all parts of the world, andto not a few readers of this journal, Ichangis best known as the first field in which theindefatigable Dr. Augustine Henry and why this gentleman prosecutedbotanical study and collecting has beentold by himself elsewhere. Suffice to notehere that he was appointed Medical Officer. Fig. 138.—c.\kgo-boats at ichang urwAKo-BOUND—the stakt. this reason it is called the Pyramid byforeigners. This hill exerts a baneful influ-ence over the town, and is, or rather was,held responsible for its poverty in localliterati. Not until a temple was l)uilt onan eminence behind the town sufficientlyhigh to enable it to overlook the Pyramid,was this evil influence counteracted, andthe Goddess of (iood-luck induced to smileon the town. The very year the temple wascompleted a student passed the ProvincialExamination with high honours. Was notthis proof in itself: The temple is richlyendowed, and forms a very conspicuousobject from all points of approach. I mayalso mention that a fine pagoda three milesbelow the town wards off all evil influencesfrom the east. PlANT-CI The first person to collect plants at Ichangwas Mr. Thomas Watters, who was appointedActing Consul in Apri
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