Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . Fio. 102. - Granite hill destitute of soil, rapidly falling into decay. Reforestationarea, Tsingtao, Shantving. The loads of pine bough fuel represented in Fig. 65 weregathered from such hills and from such forest growth as arehere represented, but on lands more distant from the Tsingtao, with its 40,000 Chinese, and Kiaochow across thebay, with its 120,000 more, and other villages dotting thenarrow plains, maintain a very great demand for such growth , G 191 IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE. WILD YELLOW RO
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . Fio. 102. - Granite hill destitute of soil, rapidly falling into decay. Reforestationarea, Tsingtao, Shantving. The loads of pine bough fuel represented in Fig. 65 weregathered from such hills and from such forest growth as arehere represented, but on lands more distant from the Tsingtao, with its 40,000 Chinese, and Kiaochow across thebay, with its 120,000 more, and other villages dotting thenarrow plains, maintain a very great demand for such growth , G 191 IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE. WILD YELLOW ROSE 195 growth hasthe way of on the hill lands. The wonder is that forestpersisted at all and has contributed so much infuel. Growing in the Forest Garden was a most beautiful wild yellowrose, native to Shantung. It was used for landscape effect in theparking, and ought to be widely introduced into other countrieswherever it will thrive. It was growing as heavy borders andmassive clumps 6 to 8 feet high, giving a wonderful effect, with itsbrilliant, dense cloud of the richest yellow bloom. The blossomsare single, fully as large as the Rosa rugosa. The tips of the petalsshade into dainty light straw yellow, while the centre is a deep
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