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 88publié par - 1847Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 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.... | |
| Robert Fortune - 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... | |
| Robert Fortune - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 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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