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THE WILD GARDEN. 



In tlie wild garden the fairest of our own wild flowers 

 may be happily associated with their relatives from other 

 countries. Here the sturdy Bell -flowered Scilla (S. cani- 

 panulata) grows wild with our own Bluehell (S. nutans); the 

 wliite and jiink forms also of the last-named look beautiful 

 here associated with the common well-known form. The 

 earlier Scillas are of course past ; they are admirably suited 

 for the wild garden, especially S. Ijifolia, which thrives freely 

 in woods. The Lily of tlie Valley did not inhabit the wood 



before ; therefore it 



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was pleasant to thin 

 out some of its over- 

 matted tufts and carry 

 them to the wild 

 garden, where thev 

 are now in fullest 



Crane's Bill wild, in grass. 



'^^i beauty. It is associated with its tall and 

 stately relation the Solomon's Seal. The 

 Solomon's Seal, wliich is usually effective 

 when issuing forth from fringes of shrubberies, 

 is here best arching higli over the Woodrufi' 

 and other sweet woodland flowers, among 

 which it seems a giant, with every leaf, and stem, and blossom 

 lines of beauty. The additional vigour and beauty shown by 

 this plant when in rich soil well repays one for selecting suitable 

 spots for it. The greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus) and its 

 double form are very pretty here with their tufts of golden 

 flowers ; they grow freely and take all needful care of them- 

 selves. The same may be said of the Honesty, the common 

 forms of Columbine, and Allium Moly, an old-fashioned plant, 



