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and one of tlie nmny subjects at home in the wihl garden, and 

 wliich are better left out of the garden proper. The myriads 

 of Crocus leaves dying off without the indignity of being tied 

 into Itundles as is common in gardens, the dense growth of 

 Aconite and Snowdrop leaves, of coloured and common 

 I'rinu'oses and Cowslips, suggest the [)eauty of this wild 

 garden in spring. The yet unfolded buds on the many tufts 

 and groups of the numerous lierbaceous Piconies, promise 

 nolile effects early in Jmie ; so do the tufts of the splendid 

 Eastern Poppy (Papaver orientale) and the Lilies, and Sweet 

 Williams, and Adam's Needles, and many other subjects, 

 that will show their blossoms above or among the summer 

 Grass in due time. Among the best of the Borageworts 

 here at present, are tlie Caucasian Comfrey (Symphytum 

 caucasicum), an admirable wood or copse plant, and red- 

 purple or Bohemian Comfrey (S. bohemicum), which is very 

 handsome here. And what lovelv effects from the Foroet- 

 me-nots — the wood Forget-me-not, and the Early Forget-me- 

 not (M. dissitillora) are here ! where their soft little clouds of 

 l)lue in the Grass are nnich prettier than tufts of the same 

 kind surrounded by the l)rown earth in a prim l)order. Here 

 the pushing of the delicate Grass blades through tlie blue 

 mass and the indefinite wav in which the frinijes of the tufts 

 mingle with the surrounding vegetation are very beautiful. 



The onlv noticeal)le variation of surface is that of some 

 gravel l»anks, which are properly covered witli Stonecrops, 

 Saxifrages, and the like, which would, as a rule, have a poor 

 chance in the Grass, Surfaces that naturally support a very 

 sparse and dwarf vegetation are valuable in a garden, as they 

 permit (jf the culture of a series of free-growing alpine and 



