[T]he door opened into a garden, laid out in a cradle-walk, and intervening parterres of roses and other flowers.

The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.

I have a large collection of hibisci, all of which I started from cuttings.

A stream called the Han River separates Hankow from Hanyang, and these two towns, together with Wu-chang across the Yangtse, are known as the Wu-Han cities. The steel mills, which are often referred to as the Hankow mills, are at Hanyang.