Aralia Angelica Tree. 



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The tree should be planted in sheltered position, as the top 

 is too heavy and too large to withstand high winds to the 

 best advantage. It is well adapted to shady situations, 

 and even prefers them to bright, sunny exposures. With 

 advancing age there is a tendency to more permanent 

 branches and a still larger head. It is a rapid grower, and 

 comparatively indifferent to soils and situation, though 

 when growing wild 

 is found most often 

 in moist locations. 

 A. sieboldii 

 Japanese Aralia. 

 Though belonging 

 to the same class, 

 this is quite anoth- 

 er plant from that 

 already described. 

 It grows in the 

 form of a bush 

 three to six feet 

 high and nearly as 

 many through, and 

 is covered with deep, glossy foliage, the individual leaves 

 being digitate, twelve inches across, and on stout petioles a 

 foot long. They are finely cut, and in themselves suffici- 

 ently showy to make the plant worthy of a place in our best 

 gardens where the conditions will allow. It is almost an 

 evergreen in the South, where alone in this country it can 

 be successfully planted. The flowers are comparatively 

 small, white, and exceedingly numerous, covering in their 



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