The Chinese, By Their Favourite System Of

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.

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.

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.

There Are About A Dozen Of These Gardens, More Or Less Extensive, According To The Business Or Wealth Of The Proprietor; But They Are Generally Smaller Than The Smallest Of Our London Nurseries.

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 They Flower Freely Year After Year, They Have Little Inclination To Make Vigorous Growth.