"When these suckers had formed roots in the……" — Robert Fortune
"When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting."
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Robert Fortune
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22 Quotes by Robert Fortune
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As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of…
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Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she…
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Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the…
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A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very…
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Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a…
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Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this;…
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The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or…
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The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries,…
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There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the…
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The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the…
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The plants are principally kept in large pots arranged in rows along the sides of narrow paved walks, with the…
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The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely…
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