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ong the shrubbery and well protected, had gone through 
ies appearance, but in the early summer som e buds 
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e1 i e wer 
ne was Rhododendron catawbiense grandiflorum, the other R. 
aged. 
One circumstance stands out eae in the injury to the 
conifers. In nearly all instances it was the parts exposed to the 
plan 
it was the portions standing above the protection, and wu 
