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H e r.aterial yaed in ti e rrt firg ct thin i.ruse is as XYllrwat- 
in tl;« frur <niti*a!ic.a,attip3 are oa«d wit!-, a ccvwing ct aplit 
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bertai* abeve tin paths: 
ill# actual centre is free cf covering except ter the r.eagre 3hade 
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affrrde* by a fairly tall Liviatcaa vrl.iot. waa rrigiv.ally planted in 
the centre,but Las alrcgt.eiiujrrwr it3 usefulrasa: 
frr tJ'.e aeri centre,split bertar.s are U3ed and are placed abrut iinc! 
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apart. These bertans la3t ter abrut three years,aid are airply nailed 
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cn tc tl.e fraiieerrit cf tb.e sect. 
The stages are flat and tlxugl. full advantage is art talen cf tl-id 
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in the generll staging effeci,yet every plant can be seen easily and 
distinctly and tie character ct individual plants is rt impaired by 
tie bunching sc nctioeatle in Singaicr* plai t house* 
The neat striding difference between tl.e plants in this house and 
in tie S*pore PeH* f is tie trial absence cf dirty leav es. This *1 
Consider,is entirely due tc tin# free circulation cf air and also tc 
tl.e anrunt of diffused sunlight availablee 
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Tl.e plants in tie actual centre are net happy,it being tee Ixt fer 
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tl.e varieties employed* 
I consider that the water in the Centre would act rxre beneficially 
if the centreXactual) were net sc exposed tc the ncre cr less direct 
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sunlight. This cculd be dene by renewing the Pair, and erecting a 
light reef slightly higher that the rne as renticred ervering the 
seni-certre. 
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