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THE WILD GARDEN. 



long after the plains have become quite parched, and annual 

 N'egetation has (-[uite disappeared from tliem. But who shall 

 record the beauty and interest of tlie flowers of the wide- 

 spreading marsh-lands of this glolje of ours, from those of the 

 \'ast wet woods of America, dark and brown, and hidden 

 from the sunbeams, to those of the breezy uplands of the high 

 Alps, far above the woods, where the little bogs teem with 

 Nature's most brilliant flowers, joyous in the sun :* No one 

 worthily ; for many mountain-swamp regions are as yet as 

 little known to us as those of the HimahiA'a, M'ith their giant 

 Primroses and many strange and lovely flowers. One thing, 

 however, we may gather from our small experiences — that 

 many plants commonly termed " alpine," and found on high 

 mountains, are true bog-plants. This must be clear to any- 

 one who has seen our pretty Bird's-eye Primrose in the wet 

 mountain-side bogs of Westmoreland, or the Bavarian CTcntian 

 in the spongy soil by alpine rivulets, or the Gentian ella 

 (Gentiana acaulis) in the snow ooze. 



Bou'S are neither found or desired in or near our <'ardens 

 n(jw-a-days, but, wherever they are, there are many handsome 

 flowers from other countries that will thrive in them as freely 

 as in their native A\'astes. 



Partridge lierry (Gu;iltheiia). 



