Best Quote 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…

— Robert Fortune

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated.

— Robert Fortune

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

Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are…

— Robert Fortune