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THE WILD (4ARDEN. 



Weeds, broad-leaved Sea Lavender, and otlier vigorous kinds, the Globe 

 Thistles, Acanthuses, the free-flowering Yuccas, such as Y. flaccida and 

 Y. filanientosa, the common Artichoke, with its nol)le flowers ; and in 

 autunni, a host of the Golden Rods and Michaelmas Daisies. These 

 are so common in America that adding them to tlie wild garden would 

 probably be considered a needless labour ; Init the substitution of the 

 various really beautiful species of aster tnr those ccimmonly found and 

 of inferior beauty M'ould well repay. In case it were thought desir- 

 able in making a wild garden in a shady position to grow plants that 

 do not attain perfection in such positions, they might be grown in the 

 more open parts at hand, and sufficiently near to be seen in tlie picture. 



