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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 all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation.

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Quotes First Quotes Observation Quotes Fact Quotes Plants Quotes

Published on: January 16, 2025 06:07 PM

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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 tongue are added afterwards, and the representation altogether is really good.

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Published on: January 6, 2025 05:43 PM

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One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.

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Published on: December 13, 2024 05:43 AM

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Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art.

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Published on: December 9, 2024 03:10 PM

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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 little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit.

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Quotes Pretty Quotes Open Quotes Rest Quotes Visit Quotes Houses Quotes Shops Quotes Gardens Quotes

Published on: December 6, 2024 03:58 PM

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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 the same principle.

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Published on: December 1, 2024 05:05 PM

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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 wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower.

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Quotes Will Quotes Growth Quotes Quotes Quotes Plants Quotes

Published on: November 11, 2024 03:48 PM

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

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Quotes Idea Quotes Doubt Quotes Islands Quotes Gardens Quotes

Published on: October 18, 2024 03:51 AM

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A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine.

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Published on: October 3, 2024 06:10 AM

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Nothing of the kind; they do all these things in their houses and sheds, with common charcoal fires, and a quantity of straw to stop up the crevices in the doors and windows.

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Published on: September 21, 2024 02:34 PM

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