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THE WILD GARDEN. 



enjoyed such as has hitherto only giaddened the heart of the 

 rare wanderer on the higli mountain hiwns and copses, in 

 May when the earth chikh'en laugh in multitudes on their 

 mother's breast. 



All planting in the grass should be in natural groups or 

 prettily fringed colonies, growing to and fro as they like after 

 planting. Lessons in this grouping are to be had in woods, 

 copses, heaths, and meadows, by those wlio look about them 

 as they go. At first many will find it difficult to get out of 

 formal masses, but that may be got over by studying natural 

 groupings of wild flowers. Once established, the plants soon 

 begin to group themselves in a way that lea^'es nothing t(j 

 desire. 





Crocuses in turf, in grove uf Sunnucr leafing trees. 



