THE WILD GARDEN 



tones we so often see in paintings, which 

 give a singular charm known only to those 

 who seek the country in winter. 



The winter is the best time for planting, 

 and transplanting also, for the reason that, 

 then, every detail of the landscape is open to 

 view and more clearly defined. A tree which 

 in the summer you might decide to remove or 

 cut down will often be allowed to remain if 

 you wait until winter to see its trunk and 

 branches against the sky, and their effect in 

 the winter landscape. 



Do not think this wild gardening exists 

 merely in imagination. I have a friend who 

 has planned and developed just such a garden 

 and has produced one of the most beautiful 

 pieces of natural planting that can be found 

 anywhere. He calls it the "Connecticut Gar- 

 den." This name was chosen, half in jest, half 

 in earnest, to prove the possibility of making a 

 garden of the natural plants and shrubbery 

 which grow wild in Connecticut, and which, 

 under favorable conditions, may be grouped 



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