98 THE WILD GARDEN. 



To succeed with the wild garden, one should have a good 

 collection of hardy flowers from which it can be supplied. 

 Here one has been formed, consisting of about 1100 species, 

 mostly arranged in borders. From these, from time to time, 

 over- vigorous and over-abundant kinds may be taken to the 

 wilderness. In a large collection one frequently finds species 

 most suited for full liberty in woods. Tlie many subjects 

 good in all positions, may increase in these l)orders till 

 plentiful enough for planting out in some quantity in the 

 wild garden. The wild garden here lias l)een wdiolly formed 

 by the owner, who planted with his own hands the various 

 subjects that now adorn it throughout the year. It has 

 been done within four or five years, and therefore many uf 

 the climbers have not as yet attained full growth. 



Tew Park will long be interesting, from the fact that it 

 was there J. C. Loudon practised agriculture before he began 

 writing the works which were such a marked addition to the 

 horticultural literature of England. The Grove there is a 

 plantation of fine trees, bordering a wide sweep of grass, 

 wdiich varies in width. This grove, unlike much of the rest 

 of the ground, does not vary in surface, or luit very little, so 

 tliat one of the greatest aids is absent. Originally this now 

 pleasant grove was a dense wood, with Gout-weed mainly on 

 the sround, and troublesome flies in the air. A few vears 

 ago the formation of a wild garden was determined upon, and 

 the first operation was the thinning of the wood ; light and 

 moving air were let into it, and weak or overcrowded trees 

 removed. This, so far, was a gain, quite apart from the 

 flowers that were in good time to replace the few common 

 weeds that occupied the ground. Of these the unattractive 



