THE WILD GARDEN. 



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dotted through masses of shrubs, their flowers are admired 

 more than if they were in isolated showy masses ; when they 

 pass out of Lloom tliey are unnoticed amidst the vegetation, 

 and not eyesores, as wdien in rigid unrelieved tufts in borders, 

 etc. In a wild or semi-wild state the beauty of individual 

 species will proclaim itself when at its height ; and when out 

 of bloom they will be succeeded by other kinds, or lost 

 among the numerous objects around. 



Fourthlji, because it will enable us to grow many plants 

 that have never yet obtained a place in 

 our " trim gardens." I allude to the 

 multitudes of plants which, not being 

 so sho\\y as those usually considered 

 worthy of a place in gardens, are never 

 seen therein. The flowers of many of 

 these are of the hinhest order 

 of beauty, especially when 

 seen in numbers. An 

 isolated tuft of one of 

 these, seen in a formal 

 border, may not be con- 

 sidered worthy of its 

 place, while in some 

 wild glade, in a wood, as 

 a little colony, grouped 

 naturally, or associated witli like subjects, its effect may be 

 exquisite. Among the subjects usually considered unfit for 

 garden cultivation may be included a goodly number that, 

 grown in gardens, are no addition to them ; subjects like the 

 American Asters, Golden Rods, and like plants, which merely 



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Blue flowered Composite plant ; fine foliage and habit ; 

 type of noble plants excluded from gardens. 

 (Mulgedium Plumieri.) 



