THE WILD AND WATER GARDENS iii 



ing the herbaceous border in the spring or 

 autumn and dividing up the clumps of plants, 

 instead of assigning the pieces taken off to 

 the rubbish-heap, let them be planted in the 

 adjacent woodland, which will shortly and with 

 no expense be converted into a garden that 

 will vie with, if not excel in beauty its more 

 formal prototype. 



The following is a selection of plants 

 specially adapted for the wild garden : — 



Achillea Eupatorium. 



A. millefolium rosea. 



A. Ptarmica. 



Aconitums, in variety. 



Anemone apennina. 



A. blanda. 



A. nemorosa. 



A. japonica, in variety. 



A. sylvestris. 



Aquilegias (Columbines). 



Asphodelus luteus. 



Asters, in variety ; any of the taller-growing 



species are excellent. 

 Astilbe, in variety. 

 Caltha. 

 Campanula celtidifolia. 



