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Importations of Dwarf Trees. — M. Kasavara showed a collection 

 of dwarf trees at the Exposition Universelle in 1878, which was the 

 first importation into France. 



English people seem to be particularly fond of these trees, which 

 explains the large and numerous importations which have reached that 

 country during the past few years. His Majesty King Edward VII. him- 

 self possesses some unique examples, in which he is greatly interested. 



Fig. 12.— Pine. 



The Various Methods adopted in Japan for Dwarfing Trees. — 

 The best way of obtaining these trees is perhaps from seed, but it is also 

 the slowest. The seeds, chosen from among the smallest and poorest of 

 each kind, are sown in small pots and in poor soil. As soon as the 

 young plants have appeared, their heads are taken off just above the two 

 cotyledons with the view of encouraging the formation of two shoots which 

 are much less vigorous than one central shoot, and of which only the 

 weaker is preserved. The development of this shoot takes place very slowly 

 when in a vessel of small size, deprived of nourishment, and only watered 



