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delicate and harder to grow successfully than the other broad- 

 leaved evergreens. The Azaleas do not like a clay soil and will 

 not grow in it. They demand much leafmold and are very par- 

 ticular as to situation. Given these requirements, remembering 

 that the Azaleas particularly are of very slow growth, should 

 never be cut, and should be planted against a background of 

 evergreen shrubbery or vines and in masses close together, the 

 plantings will give abundant harvests of beauty, fragrance and 

 garden joy. 



