ABSTRACT
Each section of China has its own peculiar productions of field, orchard, forest, land, and brain. The best linen embroidery is made as far south as Canton, while the embroidery of silks and satins, as well as their manufacture, is done in the region of the Yangtze Valley. The best ivory carving is done in the south, as is also the best carving of bamboo and teak wood. Seven tenths of the artists have been developed in the lake region of Central China, while a large proportion of the other three tenths have come from Ssuch'uan, the great province of the West. The agricultural department of the United States sent a gentleman to North China to obtain, if possible, grafts of all the fruit and nut trees, and, indeed, all the productions of China that might be transferred or transplanted to the United States.
