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A journey to the tea countries of China (1852)
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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 variety of the stone pine.
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Robert Fortune
Born:
September 16, 1812
Died:
April 13, 1880
(aged 67)
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