THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS
IN
THE NORTHERN PROVINCES
OF
CHINA.


London:

Spottiswoode and Shaw,

New-street-Square.


WANDERINGS IN CHINA


THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS
IN
THE NORTHERN PROVINCES
OF
CHINA,

INCLUDING
A VISIT TO THE TEA, SILK, AND COTTON COUNTRIES:
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE OF THE CHINESE,
NEW PLANTS, ETC.

BY
ROBERT FORTUNE,
BOTANICAL COLLECTOR TO THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

With Illustrations.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1847.