Robert Fortune Quotes
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As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as…
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Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power…
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Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are added…
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A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally…
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Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as…
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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 of…
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The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all…
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The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to…
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There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally…
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The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same…
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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…
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The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they…
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We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation…
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We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at…
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One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.
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No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated.
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Nothing of the kind; they do all these things in their houses and sheds, with common charcoal fires, and a quantity of straw to stop…
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So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his…
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The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in…
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These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes.
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