THE WILD PATCH 



has a good deal of the squirrel in him. There are no 

 end of nice little beasts that Loki resembles. Sometimes 

 we declare that he is least of all dog. 



It is a wonder that people do not make more use of Broom 

 in their Wild Gardens. We have seen a woodland path 

 where great bushes of alternate white and yellow Planta- 

 genista made riot in the sunshine / but it was too 

 regular an arrangement to harmonize with the 

 scene. A wild garden, however cultivated in 

 secret, should grow as naturally as pos- 

 sible. It is a rather interesting experiment Jl 

 to fling the contents of a packet of wild '. I 

 flower seeds about one's banks and 

 unkept spaces. One forgets all about 

 it/ and, behold! after the second 

 year, there are all kinds of engaging 

 discoveries to be made : patches of 

 grey-blue Campanulas, bold Fox- 

 gloves, Loose-strife, white Cam- 

 pions, all the more delightful be- 

 cause forgotten and] unexpected 

 and fitting into their surround- 

 ings as no amount of planting 

 in can make them do. A giant 

 Mullein has just made itself a 

 home under the fir-trees and 

 stands as if it had always been 

 there, boldly and defiantly established in its 

 proper place and determined to maintain it. 

 We caress the project of planting tall Ericas and 



