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THE GARDEN AND THE WILDS 



THE garden is a natural nursery ; and the older 

 it is, the larger its share in the wild flowers of 

 the surrounding country-side is likely to be. Only 

 by canopying the whole over and setting guards 

 at the gate could escapes be prevented, and the 

 line between native and cultivated kept sharp and 

 distinct. 



Seeds rise on the lightest breeze, and may be 

 borne miles away before they come to rest. 

 And if by field-side, or the margin of the wood 

 they find conditions to suit them, they will spring. 

 At the autumn thinning, clumps are thrown over 

 the wall, which take root on the other side and 

 spread away outward, surely if slowly. 



Sometimes an aesthetic member of a family will 

 plant a cutting of some favourite flower in one of 

 her woodland or stream-side haunts. And, long 



