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...s''), which is a hybrid of Peking Willow (''[[Salix babylonica]]'') from [[China]] and White Willow (''[[Salix alba]]'') from [[Europe]]. ...[[Salix caprea]]'') and Peachleaf Willow (''[[Salix amygdaloides]]''). One famous example of such growth from cuttings involves the poet [[Alexander Pope]],

...e Chinese Quince ''[[Pseudocydonia|Pseudocydonia sinensis]]'', a native of China, and the three flowering quinces of eastern Asia in the genus ''[[Chaenomel ...ade from the fruit (gamm ta' l-isfargel). According to local tradition, a tea-spoon of the jam dissolved in a cup of boiling water relieves intestinal di

...Popular [[stimulant]]s like [[coffee]], [[chocolate]], [[tobacco]], and [[tea]] also come from plants. Most [[alcoholic beverage]]s come from [[fermentat ;Ancient China

...nown as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''Sinaasappel'', "China's apple", or "Apfelsine" in German). The name is thought to ultimately der ...by gardeners as a [[slug]] repellent. Orange leaves can be boiled to make tea.

...books of the cyclopedia type are sometimes known as paradisae. Parkinson's famous "Paradisus," or account of "a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers," was ...lanting," and by the establishment of an arboretum of evergreens. The most famous botanic garden which North America has had was John Bartram's, established

*''cathayanus'': of Cathay (China). *''chinensis'': belonging to China.

...most beautiful group for the water-side, probably, is the genus Iris. The famous iris meadow of the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley, which has inspire Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), white flowers in terminal clusters; leaves russet-br