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the must (luliglitt'ul kind could Ite I'urined. The juxtapositiini 

 of [)hiuts inhahitiiio- dil'tereiit situations — water-phints, water- 

 side pLiuts, and Liud-iilaiils iliriNini; in iiadst grouuLl — woidd 

 prevent what wuuhl, in many cases,. Ije so undesirable — a 

 general admixture of the "whole. Two distinct classes of effects 

 could be obtained, the beauty of the Howers seen close at 

 hand, and tliat of the more conspicuous kinds in the distance, 

 or from tlie otlier side of tlie water of a stream or lakelet. 



An interesting point in favour of the wild garden is the 

 succession of effects which it may afford, and which are sug- 

 gested by the illustrations on the next pages, both showing a 

 sticcession of life on tlie same spot of ground. In gardens in 

 early summer at present the whole of the portion de\'oted 

 to flower -gardening is dug \\\) raw as a plouglied field, just 

 when the earth is naturally must thickly strewn with flowers. 

 A very little consideration and oljservation will sufhce to 

 make it clear that a succession of effects may be secured 

 Avithout this \iolent disfigurement of our gardens in the 

 fairest days of early sunmier. These are not the days for 

 diyuinu' or i»lantin<i- either, and the svstem that necessitates 

 them is pernicious in its effects on our gardens. 



It is equally an enemy of all peace or rest for the gar- 

 dener, who, having trenched, dug, enriched, planted, and sown, 

 through the autumn, wintei', and spring, might certainly begin 

 to look for the fruits and flowers of liis labour, when he has 

 to face the most trying effort of all — the planting of the 

 flower-garden in May and .June with a host of flowers tun 

 tender to be committed to the earth at an earlier season. 



The bog -garden is a home for the numerous children of 

 the wild that will not thri\e on our harsh, bare, and dry 



