WILD GARDENING 



gloriously, growing and spreading as vigor- 

 ously as if it was a weed, and covering 

 the whole ledge with a cloud of blue. 



Ferns, of course, are a constant source 

 of beauty in the wild garden, and our 

 place seems to be well adapted to their 

 taste, in spite of being dryer than I should 

 think a fern would like. And mosses, 

 too, of many kinds, find themselves happy 

 and contented, and spread green velvet 

 covers over sunken rocks and fallen trees. 

 Both mosses and ferns are very easy to 

 transplant and naturalize, and even the 

 delicate maidenhair fern the daintiest 

 and prettiest of all the ferns and the 

 yellow flowering moss the richest of 

 the mosses adapt themselves obligingly 

 to new locations at any time. 



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