CHAPTER VIII 



THE WILD AND WATER GARDENS 



The wild garden — Treatment — List of plants suitable — The 

 water garden — Treatment — List of plants suitable. 



The wild garden has frequently been re- 

 ferred to in previous chapters, so a few words 

 upon how best to deal with it may be found 

 useful. As may be supposed, there is no mak- 

 ing in a garden of this description ; all that is 

 needed is to plant with discretion and judg- 

 ment. That the secret of obtaining effect is 

 to plant in bold masses has already been 

 pointed out ; and important as this is in 

 the artificial garden, it is many times 

 more so in the case of the wild garden. 

 Whereas in the former type the available 

 space is more or less limited, in the latter 

 case the ground is not so curtailed ; therefore, 

 in order to be in keeping with the surround- 



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