"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."

May, Water

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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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"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."

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"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."

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"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine."

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"What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know."

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"Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you."

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"Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet."

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"Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty."

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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."

Open

"The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired."

Time

"We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation."

Fact

"No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated."

Idea

"These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes."

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"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

Eye

"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."

Growth

"One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers."

Love

"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."

Gardening

"Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art."

Art