| "A remarkable dwarf Cedar, known to be three hundred years old, was sent some time ago to the Chicago Fair by the Emperor of Japan. It seems strange to learn that it was prepared for transportation by being taken from its pot and wrapped in paper; and not at all strange that when it reached Jackson Park it should have been nearly dead. Every effort was used to resuscitate it, but a few days ago it died. Nevertheless, its defunct form will be carefully set in a pot and exhibited in the Horticultural Building. It is described as a remarkable example of the skill of the Japanese in retarding the growth of trees and yet preserving, in miniature, the aspect of an ancient, weather-worn specimen. It is larger than the most interesting of these dwarfs which were shown at the Paris Exhibition, being about three feet in height." 1 |
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1 Garden and Forest, Vol. VI, No. 264, March 15, 1893, pg. 128. In a general section with the small heading "Notes." Tenth paragraph, not otherwise separately marked; quoted without page citation by Constance Dederian in a letter to the editor, Journal, ABS, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter 1977, pg. 92. |