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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.

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.

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.

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.