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22 quotes by Robert Fortune

Wikispecies has information related to: Robert Fortune Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing tea plants from China to India. Robert Fortune was born in Scotland on 16 September 1812, at Kelloe, Berwickshire.
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One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.

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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... →

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The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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

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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... →

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