Robert Fortune Professions : Botanist Born : September 16, 1812 Died : April 13, 1880 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Robert Fortune This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle. Robert Fortune same done roots water When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting. Robert Fortune ground over best roots Similar Authors Asa Gray botanist Albert Howard botanist Douglas Houghton Campbell botanist Donald C. Peattie botanist David Fairchild botanist David Douglas botanist All Authors