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be protected from cutting breezes. If this Aralia be 

 planted in a dwarf and young state, it is likely to give 

 more satisfaction than if planted out when old and tall. 

 The leaves spread widely out near the ground, and 

 then it is very ornamental through the summer. Prefer 

 therefore dwarf stocky plants when planting it in early 

 summer. It should have rich, deep soil and plenty of 



Aralia papyrifera. 



water during the hot summer months. For the public 

 gardens of Paris it is kept underground in caves during 

 the winter ; but in private gardens it will doubtless be 

 thought worthy of a place in the greenhouse throughout 

 that season. In Battersea Park a bed of A. papyrifera, 

 13 ft. in diameter, attained a height of 5 ft., from cuttings 

 struck in the spring of 1868. The plants were left out all 



