“As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit.” LittlesHousePayBehindsFailingStreetsGardenShops Book:Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China Source: Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China
“Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth.” YearsLittlesSometimesStatesGrowthCasesTreeFlowerPlantThrownInclinationVigorousPeachesFloweringPlums Author:Robert Fortune
