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" The gardens of the Mandarins in the city of Ning-po are very pretty and unique ; they contain a choice selection of the ornamental trees and shrubs of China, and generally a considerable number of dwarf trees. Many of the latter are really curious, and... "
New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 88
edited by - 1847
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1847 - 524 pages
...to any Chinaman who would bring me one. Any tiling can be had in China for dollars ! and it was not long before two plants were brought to me, one of...only a few inches high, and yet to appear hoary with age. Amongst the mandarins' gardens at Ningpo, that of old Dr. Chang is most admired by strangers....
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Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a ...

Robert Fortune - History - 1847 - 480 pages
...they were both semi-double worthless kinds. The gardens of the Mandarins in the city of Ning-po are very pretty and unique ; they contain a choice selection...and generally a considerable number of dwarf trees. Many of the latter are really curious, and afford another example of the patience and ingenuity of...
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Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a ...

Robert Fortune - History - 1847 - 444 pages
...they were both semi-double worthless kinds. The gardens of the Mandarins in the city of Ning-po are very pretty and unique ; they contain a choice selection...and generally a considerable number of dwarf trees. Many of the latter are really curious, and afford another example of the patience and ingenuity of...
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The Christian miscellany, and family visiter, Volumes 5-6

1848 - 796 pages
...Garants of the Mandarins — Dwarf Trees. — The gardens of the Mandarins in the city of Ningpo are very pretty and unique: they contain a choice selection...and generally a considerable number of dwarf trees. Many of the latter are really curious, and afford another example of the patience and ingenuity of...
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The Recreation

Voyages and travels - 1848 - 376 pages
...they were both semi-double worthless kinds. The gardens of the Mandarins in the city of Ning-po are very pretty and unique ; they contain a choice selection...shrubs of China, and generally a considerable number of dwarf-trees. Many of the latter are really curious, and afford another example of the patience and...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 24

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1851 - 606 pages
...intelligent of his class : — "The gardens of the mandarin* in the city of Ning-po are very pretty ; they contain a choice selection of the ornamental...and generally a considerable number of dwarf trees. Many of the lutter are really curious examples of the patience and ingenuity of Ibis people. Some are...
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