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A EQRTER WEED; ER¥IT-TREEa AND FLOWERS.
T H e Chinefeare fond of-flowers, and of-dwarf fruit-trees, which grow
m Pot? o f' porcelain,' and. are-placed either upon Hands,- or the railing of
tlftir courtyards ; where may be feen not .only diminutive orange, peach,
and other frwit-tfeesi hut alfo firs «and:, oak*.Hinted in their growjh to
two feet, by an ingenious, though certainly unnatural, contrivance^ apcC
exhibiting all the appearances o f maturjty. or degay., i