A group of photos show a 213-hectare garden at the Subtropical Forestry Experimental Center of the China Academy of Forestry in Xinyu, a city in southeast China's Jiangxi Province. /VCG Photo
Nearly 1,000 species of trees and shrubs, including 95 families and 270 genera are planted in the garden, of which 630 species were introduced from overseas. /VCG Photo
The garden is also home to 11 species of state-level protective plants, class I, like gingkoes and dawn redwoods, and 25 species, class II, like Toona ciliata. /VCG Photo
Established in 1979, the garden is used for introduction and cultivation of central and north subtropical species. /VCG Photo