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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
— Aristotle
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We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to…
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... our "Physick" and "Anatomy" have embraced such infinite varieties of being, have laid open such new worlds in time and space,…
— Thomas Huxley
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While "cute" is hopelessly anchored to the Teletubby ideal, "ugly" is free to take infinite varieties. In this way, ugly is beautiful...
— Jim Toomey
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No man has an appreciation so various that his judgment is good upon all varieties of literary work.
— Mark Twain
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Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by…
— Ralph Raico
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No system in history capitalism has been more relentless in battering down ancient and fragile cultures, devouring the resources of whole regions,…
— Michael Parenti
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If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of his history, it is difficult to avoid the…
— Arthur Koestler
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