The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-05
Pigmy Trees and Miniature Land.
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>C0IP-,
In some way, the Chimes, and Japa-
nese gardeners are the most success Sful
in the world, They can contro, and
divert the growth OF plants in q man.
ner that seems really marvellous until
the principle on which il is done is
known, when. As in many other mat
tiers, il becomes quite simple,
The Chinese have such a s,rogg Tx
ing for The grote que, and unnatural.
that the h<1IlWork of their gardeners IS
not so pleasing rs hat OF the Jauanese
gardeners. The Chinese understand
the dNariug of trees; hut their best
work is in - directing the growth OF a
tree or plant that it VII resemble some
hideous animal that j. only Ii, 10 exist
in nightmare.
The JapInes' on the contrary, are
remarkable for their love Of the beauti-
full and graceful, and. consequently.
ugly forms find no favor with them.
Every japanese has a garden if il be
possible; but, rs space is valuable in
Japan, ouly the very rich can have
very large grounds, and the family in
moderate circumstances must be con-
tent with q garden often smaller in
area than the floor of one OF our hall
bedrooms in q narrow CITY house,
Nevertheless. that small. garden must
contain as many objects rs the large
garden, and, of course. The only way
of accomplishing the desired result IS
to have everything in miniature. l. IS
no uncommon thing 10 see a whole
landscape contained in 4 space no
greater than the top Of a dining table,
There Will be mountain. q stream. a
lake. rocky gr0t,Oes, winding paths.
bridges, lawns. frui, trees, shrubs and
flowers, all so artiS,.ca.lv laid out as
to resemble nature, itself In the lake
will swim wonderful. h.my-Eunei gold
and silver .ish. and not inireQUeu..y
the tall form Of crane vii. be seen
moving msjssticai,y about tie tiny
landscape.
This seems wonderful enough; bgt
what viii you think when say that il
is reproduced on 50 small q scale that
the two pages Of s. Alcf5.Ie, as il lies
open before YOU. can cover il, In this
ease q tiny house is added; delicate
green moss takes ihs place Of glnss, and
glass covers the lake wAeT, the water
should be. Counterfeit, fish swim in
the glass lake, and fa.se crane over.
look, the whole scene, Just as the real
crane does the larger landscape. The
mountain, winding walks. bridges. and
rocky grotoes are in the little land
scape: and resi- trees bearing fruit, or
covered with dainty blossoms, are in
their proper places.
These trees are Of the right proper
tions 10 fit the landscape, auI they are,
consequently, 50 tiny that oneis Tempt
ed to doubt their reality; and more than
one stranger has s'yly taken the leaves
or fruit between his fingers, in order
to make sure that the dwarfs do truly
live, and are not, ike the fish and
crane, mere countcTfeits These mini
AZURE landscape. have been successfully
brought to this country; and on one OC-
cason a lady OF San Francisco used one
as a centcr-picce on the table at din
ner party, greatly 10 the wonder and
admiration OF her guests, who could
scarcely be convinced that the almost
microscopic apples on the trees were
genuine fruit
And now comes the question:
is the dwarting done? The principle is
simple. The gardener merely thwa.ls
nature. lie knows that, TO grow prop
crly. a tree requires sunlight, heat
moisture, and nOurislment from the