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And that's a beginning.
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The war in Korea was over.
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Captain, now Major, Bennett Marco
had been reassigned
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to Army Intelligence in Washington.
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It was, by and large, a pleasant
assignment, except for one thing.
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Night after night, the Major was plagued
by the same reoccurring nightmare.
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Stop it... Stop it...
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Stop it... Stop it...
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Another modern discovery
which we owe to the hydrangea
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concerns the influence
of air drainage upon plant climate.
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Many years ago, when I was
travelling about the country,
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I noticed magnificent hydrangeas
on the hills,
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where the air drainage was, uh... perfect,
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and very poor specimens,
or perhaps none at all, in the valleys.
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Formerly, we used to consider
sheltered valleys
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more favourable to plants than hilltops.
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But the avoidance of late spring
and early autumn frosts
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enjoyed by sites with good air drainage,
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where the cold air
can drain safely away to lower levels,
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gives the hills a decided advantage.
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Thus it was the hydrangeas
that gave the first pointer
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in another modern discovery
of horticultural importance.
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From this, it might appear that
the hydrangea is a fairly simple plant,
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but there are more complications.
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The cultivation of hydrangeas
was evolved
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from a number of varieties
originally found in Japan.
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Not all of which, of course,
have the same characteristics.