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dwarfing and for the treatment which they have to undergo, at the same 

 time preserving the whole of their natural characteristics. 



Conifers are the favourite plants, and among them Thuya obtusa, 

 and var. brtviramea (which the Japanese call the green variety), and 



Fig. 10. — Prunus Mume. 



var. fiUcoides aurea (the golden variety) ; Pinus dcnsiflora and var. 

 albiflora, P. parviflora and var. brevifolia, P. Massoniana, P. Thunbergii, 

 Podocarpus Nageia and var. variegata, P. macrophylld, P. okina ; Larix 



