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ia targe uud beautit'ul vfiricties, flourishing in 



(iurcept in st few novel Taritstle^, ii?hidi iiav^ Hsi^ 

 yet survived the voyatio lioiiie) the boastedl dfe- 

 phiy in these wretched places, called ^* flower 



gardens." 



4 l30^d ^ ^tl?s»0ie6t of one of tfa^ lids 

 tbe:Mlowliig mma^m pdstod ttfxm it in 



English :^ — " Aching has for sale, fruit trees, 

 flowering plants, and seeds of all kinds : Fa, fee 

 gardens, No. 2." Tlie gardens merely contained 

 some varieties of the Chrysanthemum^ small 

 trees of iJte F%n§m Ct^^m, -wilit lh»i tmxom 

 fruit tied upon them to look as if they were 

 growing from the tree ; and a number of dwarf 

 orange trees of diflerent varieties, laden witli 

 green and ripe frnit.. 



The Chln^ |»roGtire the oj^gigftPefes, 

 ladign with fruit, hy selecting a fefattch of a larger 

 tree upon whicli tliere may be a good suj)ply ftf 

 fruit : the cuticle being detached from oiu? jKirt of 

 tlie branch, is phistered over witli a mixture of 

 day and Straw^ nAiil ifik^fe «Kr^ gite^ii mtt, wh«n the 

 branch is cut oW^ plaHLted in a pot, and thus 

 fori us a dwarf tree laden with fruit. Other 

 lui-aiis are adopted to give the trunk and bark 

 an appearance oi' age, and these, with the. dwarf 

 bamboos and olitet ti*6e&, mtist certainly he re- 



