by Louis Chen
Nobody can possibly have missed this year’s splendid display of azalea blossoms on the NTU campus. But another, much less noticed plant put on its own quite spectacular show at about the same time It is the Taiwan Fringe Tree, Chionanthus retusus Lindl., or in Chinese, Liu2-su1 流蘇. Its scien-tific name means ‘snow flower’ - perhaps because when its blossoms wither and drop, the ground below looks as though it is covered with snow. The Taiwan Fringe Tree is only found in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, and it is relatively rare in Taiwan. But we at NTU are lucky to have quite a few specimens right here on campus that were carefully planted and cultivated before Taiwan’s retrocession in 1945. Unfortunately you have just missed this year’s show, but make sure next year to head over to any of the following places to get a good close look at this very special tree when it’s in its full glory: the Department of Mathematics; Women’s Dorm #1; the Department of Philosophy (two); the west side of the General Library; the College of Liberal Arts building; the Department of Agricultural Economics (two); and the Chemistry Department (five!). There are also two newly planted saplings in front of the Department of Veterinary Science. a
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May 2024
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