A Small Species Of Pinus Was Much

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.

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 Give Some Description Of The Method By Which The Effect Is Produced.

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.

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 Of No Value In The Eyes Of The Chinese.

The Chinese, By Their Favourite System Of Dwarfing, Contrive To Make It, When Only A Foot And A Half Or Two Feet High, Have All The Characters Of An Aged Cedar Of Lebanon.