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The Shanghai Garden in Winter: Winter Sweet

China Journal, February 1929:   “On the subject of shrubs and trees for the garden in winter, it might be well to say more about the winter sweet (Chimonanthus fragrans), a plant which has been in full bloom during the past month or so, and is noted for the fragrance of its odour. Everyone in China must be ...

The Shanghai Snows of Yesteryear

January 25, 2018: As a rare snow falls in Shanghai today, we thought it a good time to look back on the snows of Shanghai past, with this reprise of our post from January 31, 2008 on the Great Snow of that year. [caption id="attachment_1359" align="alignnone" width="880"] January 29 2008, Gao'an Road/Rue Cohen. Photo: ...