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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I have, however, often seen Chinese gardeners selecting suckers and plants for this purpose from the other plants which are growing in their garden.Robert Fortune
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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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.
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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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This is one of the plants which the Chinese are fond of dwarfing, and it is, consequently, often seen in that state in their gardens.
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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.
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