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\\']\] llu'hc much hetfrr in any htsliy places, or copses, or in 

 mniually shelf rriny groups on irarm hanks and slopes, even in 

 hedge hanks, old i/i/arrics, or rough movnds, than in the ordinary 

 garden harder. Of the ditlereiice in tlie effect in tlie tAvo 

 cases it is needless to speak. 



Rome of the ^Nronkslioods are very handsome, hnt all ol" 

 them virnlent poisons; and, l)earin,u in mind what fatal 

 accidents have arisen from their nse, they ai'e l)etter not 

 used at all in the ,^ardeii proper. Amongst tall and 

 vigorous herliaceous plants few are more suitable for wihl 

 and semi -wild places. Tliey are hardy and rohust enougli 

 to grow anywhere in sliady (ir lialf-sliady s])ots: and tlieir 

 tall spikes, loaded with l)lue flowers, are very beautiful. 

 An illustration in the ('ha])ter on the ])lants suited for the 

 wild garden sliows the common Aconite in a Somersetshire 

 valley in company with the Butterbur and the Hemlock. 

 In .such a ]ilace its beauty is very striking. Tlie larger rich 

 l)lue kinds, and the blue and white one, are very showy 

 grown in deep soils, in Mdiich they attain a great height. 

 When out of flower, like many other stately Perennials, they 

 were often stiff and ugly in the old borders and l)eds. In tlie 

 wild garden tlieir stately beauty Avill be more remarkable 

 than ever under the green leaves in copses and by streams. 

 And when Hower-time is gone, their stems, no longer tied into 

 bundles or cut in by the knife, will group finely with other 

 vigorous herbaceous vegetation. 



The Delphiniums, or tall Terennial Larks|)urs, are amongst 

 the most lieautiful of all flowers. They embrace almost every 

 shade of lilue, from the rich dark tone of D. grandiflora to the 



