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UWAEF TREES. 



name it the pig-basket grass, (Clin, long, txo,*) 



fifm the $0m^(s^ m pitdiefs of tlwa leavers 



"blailce to the form of tlio basket:? in wliich tlic 

 pig's are carried to market. The Chinese avail 

 themselves of the well-known obstinacy of these 

 animals, and bj that means succeed in getting 



the head of the animal close to the entrance of 

 the basket, and iinlling the creature by the tail, 

 it enters immediately. 



The dwarf trees are certainly one of the cu- 

 fi^$t|li^9 df i^fetaM^ kingdom fit China, 

 bei3ftg^aj<»Ilt production of lalltore and art : they 

 are very small, ]>]aeed in pot- of varinii- kinds, 

 upon the baeks of earthenware liidlidoes, iVdU's, 

 towers, aiid rockwork, whieii eoiistitntes tlie 



Cfainejid. tste^ in wiiat Itese people would be 



plantSf have all the growth ami appearance of an 

 nntifpiated tree, but of an exeeediiiii'ly rliminiiti\ e 

 siiic. Elms, bamboos, luid other trees, are treated 

 ta <3}i^in^n^r are. iibutididit lit the nursery 

 gardens about Macao imd OauJtoii.t ihejrare proN 



dnced b'om yonni^ healthy brauehes, selected from 

 a lar*i,e tree, whieh, bi-lii^- deeorlieated ami co- 

 vered with a mixture of elay ami ehopju'd -traw, 

 * Chu, siguilyiiig pig ; lou^^ basket; luid tzo, grass. 



