The plants are principally kept in large pots arranged in rows along the sides of narrow paved walks, with the houses of the gardeners at the entrance through which the visitors pass to the gardens. — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated. — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
