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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they…
- 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…
- 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…
- This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon…
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