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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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moval of all small leaves from the axils of the large or main leaves, and 
all laterals that are not required to furnish the roof. Dispose the foliage 
so that it is fully exposed to sunshine. If this is done the border in 
mass in the majority of cases. Under the conditions pointed out there 
is perhaps not one plant in a hundred that will bear close inspection. 
Do we find the exhibitor of specimen plants, such as Crotons, Ixoras, 
Fig. 8.2—HARDY HYBRID AZALEAS. (See page 478). 
which they are growing will not be densely shaded, but a subdued light 
will penetrate ; and this is as it should be if the most successful results 
are to be achieved. 
If we view the structures of amateurs and in large private establish¬ 
ments that are devoted to the culture of plants, we find them a crowded 
and Heaths, crowd his specimens with Palms and other large-growing 
examples 1 No, he stages each plant singly, so that a corresponding 
amount of light and air can play about them, so as to give each specimen 
ample room to developc in a natural condition all round. If large plants 
require such treatment it is equally important with small ones, whether 
