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Gout-weed was the most abundant, and the first thing to do 

 was to di'j; it up. It was found that by deeply digging the 

 ground, and sowiug tlie wood Forget-me-not in its place, this 

 weed disappeared. Who would not exchange foul weeds for 

 Lilies of the Yallev aud AVood Forget-me-nots ! The effect of 

 broad sheets of this Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) 

 beyond, and seen above the long waving Grass gradually 

 receding under the trees, was very beautiful ; now (June) its 

 beauty is not so marked as earlier, when the colour was fuller, 

 from the plants being more compact ; but one charm of the 

 wild garden is that the very changes of plants from what may 

 be thought their most perfect state, may be in itself the 

 source of a new pleasure instead of a warning, such as so 

 often occurs in the garden, that we must cut them down or 

 replace them. 



iSTot to mow is almost a necessity in the wild garden : 

 considering that there is frequently in large gardens much 

 more mown surface than is necessary, many will not regret 

 this need. Here the Grass is desi^nedlv left unmown in 

 manv iilaces, and therebv much labour is saved. Of course 

 it may be cut when ripe, and most of the spring flowers have 

 past and their leaves are out of danger ; even in parts where 

 no flowers are planted the Grass is left till long enougli to cut 

 as meadow. Except where actually required as a carpet. Grass 

 may often be allowed to grow even in the pleasure ground ; 

 quite as good an effect is afforded by the unmown as the mown 

 Grass — indeed, better when the long Grass is full of flowers. 

 Three-fourths of the most lovely flowers of cold and temperate 

 regions are companions of the Grass — like Grasses in hardi- 

 ness, like Grasses in summer life and winter rest, like them 



