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kaido. At its best it is a shapely tree fifty feet tall 

 with a thick trunk and wide spreading branches, but 

 on exposed mountain slopes it is reduced to a low 

 shrub. In cultivation there is a dwarf variety (nana) 

 with wide-spreading branches which possesses all the 

 good qualities of the type and is most suitable for 

 planting when low evergreen shrubs are desired. 



