Before going on tr consider the Perarg Prt Plants,species by species, 
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a general inspection rf the Penang Plant Bouses,gives or* tie impression 
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that plants car be shewn tr rate!, greater advantage ir comparatively 
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small houses,then V»y having all the various vari©tieS,e.g,Ptlms and Ferns 
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lli ore large house as in Singapore. 
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The various stages in Penan g,though leaving rush tr be desired,are 
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decidedly a step in t,|.t right direction. Generally,the plants ir Penang 
could be staged with a much gx*eater telirg effect than car be hoped frr 
ir the S'pore plant house. 
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TaHng this firm tie purely showman 1 a print rf view,Penang scores 
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by visiters being able tr see,generally,every individual plant. In S•prre, 
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however,tl is 3tagirg effect is quite lrst and indeed is quite impossible 
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with the stages as they are at present. In many instances,the beauty rf 
a plant is nrt seen unless the visitor can lor* down upon it and alar 
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when tl.e plant in question is more rr less separated frry. its neighbours. 
In the case rf the 3*prre stages,this*is quite impossible except 
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perhaps in the first row ex' plants and in meat instances,these happen tr 
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be the poorer specimens because rf tie narrowness rf the paths. 
Another print i n fa vour rf tie Penang style rf stages is 'that many 
fewer plants would be required and it would therefore be possible tc 
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obtain specimens of a rush higher standard than at preset. 
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Horticultural*^ it is somewhat difficult tr compare tl.e specimens 
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in the two Gardena,frr naturally the Penang plants could Easily be greatly 
improved,indeed ixr som* instances, the specimens,thrngh. clean,are Y 
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decidedly prrr. 
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On tl.e whole,the Penang Pot Plants,excel over tl.e S*pcre plants by 
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reason of their apparent cleanliness. This,in my opinion,is 3olely due 
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tr>the b etter existing condi tions in tie supply rf light and ai r. &y**b+* m 
Nowhere is the entrance rf air curtailed in ary way and except in 
No.2,there is a most nrticealbe lack rf the stuffiness so apparent tc 
tie visitrr ir the S^rre Plant House* 
