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WHERE MANY EXOTIC FLOWERING SHRUBS FIRST FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW WORLD
Much of the beauty of the Middleton Gardens is due to André Michaux, the French botanist who is supposed to have introduced here the Japanese
varnish tree, the Chinese candleberry tree, the Japanese ginkgo, the Asiatic acacia, and the Chinese azalea (see page 532).

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Flowering plants are employed with discretion in the formal portions of the Middleton Gardens, which extend gradually into an untouched forest (see

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text page 528).

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A BANK OF AZALEAS: MIDDLETON PLACE

Autochrome by Jacob Gayer "In the early morning, through the oaks, squirrels frisk and hurry on ceaseless errands, while mocking birds spray jewels from heavy, dew-drenched branches of azalea blossoms, as they dart in ecstasy, transposing the glory of color into song" (see text page 550).

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