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Than Quotes by Robert Fortune
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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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