1978 



WILD GARDEN 



While the wild garden was created to make a place 

 for plants outside the garden proper, it does not ex- 

 clude the garden favorites. For example, an individual 

 larkspur, foxglove or harebell in rich garden soil often 

 grows so tall and slender as to require staking, and 

 stakes are always objectionable. In the wild garden a 

 lusty colony of any of these species may be self-support- 

 ing. All the leading border favorites can be used in 

 the wild garden-peony, poppy, phlox, larkspur, iris, 

 columbine and the rest. The tall-growing plants that 

 are used in the back row of borders are nearly all suit- 



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WIND-BREAKS 



bnril.rs, |ir. f.i;il.ly well towards the rear of the place, 

 Hu\ve\'*T. '.].' !■' ;irr ']>sr'i's of wild gardening, and it is 

 often ill |i' - !■ .^Im it-ar buildings or even against 

 the rear "i : : I lu-s. 2723, 2728. 



Everv>'iii in >i. a wild garden should own a 



copy of tli.ii cLaiuiii;- Ijuok "The Wild Garden," by 

 Wm. Robiiisuii. The latest edition, illustrated by Alfred 

 Parsons, is the most desirable. The wild garden 

 should not be confined to "wild" things, but may well 

 include many exotics. In this way the wild garden be- 

 comes something more than an epitome of the local 

 flora; and there is practically no limit to its in- 

 terest and development. ^ ji_ 



WILD ALLSPICE. S.-e ll,,n.,i„. 

 Apple Wild Cucumber /' ; .»■ 



W Ginger 1 W Hyacinth, 



S // 1 \l 1 is: 



W Indigo h jl I I I I no 



W. Balsam- 





WILLOW 'lee s ? j^ 



WILLOW DESERT i 



/ / I 



WILLOW HERB J j I 

 WILLOW VIRGINIAN 



FLOWERING. See 



rguui 



WIND BREAKS m horticultural usage, are 



I 1 I t ti 1 s of trees or other plants designed to 



1 e k tl e turce of the wind or to deflect it to 



tier hrtttions Windbreaks are often of the 



^ atest use and at othei times they are detri- 



1 I tal In regions of veiy strong prevailing 



II Is they may be necessary in order to pre- 



it [.jsitne injur) to the plants. This is true 



1 I 1 res In the dry interior regions, 



I 1 k are often useful also, to check the 



I 1 i \ winds that would take the moisture 



I tl I I 1 In other cases they are employed 



t tl I [ e t s.) elt rn g the homestead in 



till t rtable for human 



I I 1 1 I lie usually known 



cleuni \ 11 1 (F " ""I Rheum hollyhocks sil 



phi 11 1 III I sunflowers (Fig 2726) 



Thf I h a candidate for the 



wil 1 Is vigor and interest 



for 1 ] I nt should ha^e some 

 thin., 



T tl 1 iltivate a few 



coloui I I ituralizing of 



free I i I tiactive Gi\e 



the wil I II 111 I I Avoid mixing 



cultivif 1 inl Mil jl 1 11 tl t bolder for the 



hand of the stranger may weed out the wild things in 

 favor of the otheis. 



The place of the wild garden is somewhere near the 



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their lal 

 fall fru t 

 raent of a 

 winds si 

 winds si 

 nearly I 

 if their 

 allow c f 

 Wmi I 

 crops n 

 moistui 

 tore, It 111. 

 It is well 



to pass through the orchard, 



t,reat care must be taken to 

 nc drainage 

 1 Is require much land, and 



to suffer for lack of food and 

 I ade In small places, there- 



I establish large wind-breaks. 

 1-break at some distance from 



