338 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



FOXGLOVE is easy to naturalize and is very effec- 

 tive grown in the woods or along woodland paths. 

 I have had plants grow in the shadiest part of an 

 Oak grove, from seed sifting through the garden 

 sweepings that had been thrown there. Foxgloves 

 sow themselves and increase rapidly, and can be so 

 easily moved that clumps of them may be trans- 

 planted to any position desired. White is the most 

 effective colour in the wood, and white with Glox- 

 inia-like spots, which add greatly to the odd form 

 of the flower. White and purple may be combined 

 in groups, and as the purple grows to a greater 

 height and forms strong, erect spikes, it is the best 

 to use for the centre of the clumps. Foxglove is 

 not only easy but cheap to naturalize, and the ef- 

 fect obtained with it is most striking as it is not 

 particularly familiar in such connection and is one 

 of the comparatively few plants that can be suc- 

 cessfully grown and bloomed in the shade. Trans- 

 plant Foxgloves in early Spring, and sow every sea- 

 son to keep a supply coming. 



Many wild flowers may be grown on the edge of 

 the lawn, and where there is a field in sight of the 

 garden or yard it may be made attractive with 



