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Robert Kemp Philp
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[SOME
HOURS
WE
SHOULD
FIND
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THE
PLEASURES
OF
THE
MIND.]
276.
Dwarf
Plants.
The
following
method
of
producing
miniature
trees
is
taken
from
an
article
on
this
subject
in
'Gardening
Illustrated'.
"Take
an
orange,
and
having
cut
a
hole
in
the
peel
about
the
size
of
a
shilling,
take
out
the
juice
and
pulp.
Fill
the
skin
thus
emptied
with
some
cocoa-nut
fibre,
fine
moss,
and
charcoal,
just
stiffened
with
a
little
loam,
and
then
put
an
acorn
or
a
date
stone,
or
the
seed
or
kernel
of
any
tree
that
it
is
proposed
to
obtain
in
a
dwarfed
form
in
this
mixture,
just
about
the
centre
of
the
hollow
orange
peel.
Place
the
orange
peel
in
a
tumbler
or
vase
in
a
window,
and
occasionally
moisten
the
contents
with
a
little
water
through
the
hole
in
the
peel,
and
sprinkle
the
surface
apparent
through
the
hole
with
some
fine
woodashes.
In
due
time
the
tree
will
push
up
its
stem
through
the
compost
and
the
roots
will
push
through
the
orange
peel.
The
roots
must
then
be
cut
off
flush
with
the
peel,
and
this
process
must
be
repeated
at
frequent
intervals
for
about
two
years
and
a
half.
The
stem
of
the
tree
will
attain
the
height
of
four
or
five
inches
and
then
assume
a
stunted
gnarled
appearance,
giving
it
the
appearance
of
an
old
tree.
When
the
ends
of
the
roots
are
cut
for
the
last
time,
the
orange
peel,
which,
curiously
enough,
does
not
rot,
must
be
painted
black
and
varnished."
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