The Plants Are Principally Kept In Large

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 Plants Are Principally Kept In Large Pots Arranged In Rows Along The Sides Of Narrow Paved Walks, With The Houses Of The Gardeners At The Entrance Through Which The Visitors Pass To The Gardens.

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.

We All Know That Any Thing Which Retards In Any Way The Free Circulation Of The Sap, Also Prevents To A Certain Extent The Formation Of Wood And Leaves.