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" Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough. "

George Washington Carver
" How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these. "

George Washington Carver
" Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. "

George Washington Carver
" One of the things that has helped me as much as any other, is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living. "

George Washington Carver
" When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. "

George Washington Carver
" 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 variety of the stone pine. "

Robert Fortune
" About five miles from the city there are two nurseries, each of which contains an extensive and valuable collection. They are usually known as the Pou-shan Gardens, and are often visited by the foreign residents in Shanghae. "

Robert Fortune
" Almost every house which has any pretension to respectability has a flower-garden in the rear, oftentimes indeed small, but neatly arranged; this adds greatly to the comfort and happiness of the family. "

Robert Fortune
" 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. "

Robert Fortune
" Before leaving these Shanghae Azalea gardens, I must notice one plant which was in flower at the time I paid this visit to them. It was a specimen of Wistaria chinensis, in a dwarfed state growing in a pot. "

Robert Fortune
" Dwarf trees, as may be supposed, occupy a principle station; they are trained into the most grotesque and curious forms. "

Robert Fortune
" Every one of these branches was now loaded with long racemes of pendulous lilac blossoms. These hung down from the horizontal branches, and gave the whole the appearance of a floral fountain. "

Robert Fortune
" Everywhere the inhabitants received me most politely, and permitted me to examine their pet flowers and dwarf trees. "

Robert Fortune
" I had been acquainted with this interesting tree for several years in China, but only in gardens, and as a pot plant in a dwarfed state. "

Robert Fortune
" I have, however, often seen Chinese gardeners selecting suckers and plants for this purpose from the other plants which are growing in their garden. "

Robert Fortune
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