The addition plants will quickly take advantage of any chance bit of empty 

 of Cultivated ground. Not long ago I came across a neglected orchard, where 

 Flowers to a car P et f Cuckoo Flower had spread itself below the white 

 th Wild bl ssom f Pl ums to sucn a group could well be added the 

 T-,, early Narcissus ornatus or clumps of purple or white Fritillary, 



nor need one be afraid to substitute an improved garden variety 

 for the native plant, and replace the single Cuckoo Flower, for 

 instance, by the double form, Cardamlne pratensis flore pleno. 

 This is as great an improvement on the single form as double 

 Arabis on its parent, and it has the extra advantage of seeding 

 itself profusely and remaining true. The soft rosettes are pro- 

 duced in great quantities, and the colour of the whole plant is 

 intensified in tone. 



Primroses have many possibilities, for many of the garden 

 forms do well in the wood. A carpet of the double mauve 

 variety comes as a delightful surprise under the dark green of 

 Holly and carpets of blue Primroses, and the large white Har- 

 binger with bunched flowers like a Polyanthus, should certainly 

 be used ; a good strain of mixed Primroses and Polyanthus 

 make a gay if rather speckled effect. Forget-me-not always 

 looks well and might be added to the wild Stitchwort, or, if 

 this plant is not present, Arenaria grandiflora, which has the 

 appearance of a glorified form of the latter, could be used. 

 The water variety of Forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris, does 

 not necessarily demand water, and the variety semperflorens is 

 particularly useful ; M. dissitiflora and sylvatica can also be 

 depended on to take care of themselves ; the former is perennial 

 and the latter will seed itself freely. Cowslips are out at the 

 same season. To realise their full beauty one must have seen 

 them growing as they do in the west of England, where the 

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