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Robert Fortune

"When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting."

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"When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting."

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Amber Hurdle

"The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all."

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"I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door."

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Amber Hurdle

"A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally."

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Amber Hurdle

"Supermarket automatic doors open for me; therefore, I am."

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"The thing about Broadway, they always welcome you with open arms."

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Amber Hurdle

"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

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Amber Hurdle

"My brain is open."

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Amber Hurdle

"If the heavens throw you dates, you got to keep your mouth open."

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Amber Hurdle

"There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that."

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"We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation of wood and leaves."
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"This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle."
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"The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature."
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"A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine."
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"Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are added afterwards, and the representation altogether is really good."
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"So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower."
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"No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated."
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"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."
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"One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers."
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"These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes."
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