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THE WILD (lARDEN. 



wild garden and its suitable occupants, I venture to suggest Latliyrus 

 pyrenaicus as an addition to tlie list. Most cultivators of flowers are 

 aware of tlie raniljling habits of the greater number of plants of the 

 Le<Tuminous tribe, but in that particular L. pyrenaicus eclipses them 

 all It produces an immense cjuantity of bright orange- coloured 

 blossoms, but the principal difficulty connected with its thorough 

 development is the selection of an appro^sriate ])lace for it, for a well- 

 established plant of this species 

 will ramble over, and by its 

 density of growth prevent every 

 plant and shruli that comes 

 within its reach from thriving ; 

 indeed, it is a greater rambler 

 than the Hop, the Bindweed, 

 or the Bryony, and is decidedly 

 more handsome. Tying up or 

 training such a plant is out of 

 the question ; but there are 

 many rough places in the wild 

 garden where it would be quite 

 at home and form an attract- 

 ive feature. Every kind of 

 Everlasting Pea is excellent 

 for the wild garden, either for 



scrambling over hedgerows, 



the grass.- 



Everlasting Pea, creeping up stem in shrubbery. 



stumps, or growing among 



-J. W. 



Monkey -flower, Mima- 



lus. — " Wandering one day in 

 the neighbourhood of " Gruigfoot/'a ciueer-shaped hill in Linlithgowshire, 

 my eye was attracted by a small burn whose banks were literally jewelled 

 throughout its visilde course with an unfamiliar yellow flower. A 

 nearer approach showed me that it was the garden Mimulus (Monkey- 

 flower), the seed of which must have escaped from some neighbouring 

 cottage garden, and established itself here, in the coldest part of the 

 British Isles. I took the hint, and have naturalised it by the banks 

 of a small stream which runs at the foot of my garden, and I strongly 

 recommend your readers to do the same. It mingles charmingly with 

 the blue Forget-me-not, and is equally hardy."— S. in Garden. 



Grape Hyacinth, ilfifsca?-/.— These free and hardy little bulbs 



