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THE WILD GARDEN. 



me-not, Omplialodes verna, is one of the prettiest plants to be natural- 

 ised in woods, copses,- or slirubberies, running about witli the greatest 

 freedom in moist soil. It is more comjiact in habit and lives longer 

 on good soils than the Forget-me-nots, and should \w naturalised round 

 every country place. 



Wood Sorrel, Oxalis. — Dwarf plants with clover-like leaflets and 

 pretty rosy or yellow flowers. At least two of the species in cultiva- 

 tion, viz. 0. Bowieana and 0. floribunda, might be naturalised on sandy 

 soils amidst vegetation not more than 5 inches or 6 inches high ; and 

 the family is so numerous that probably other members of it will be 

 found equally free growing. 



The Great Japan Knotweed (Polygonum cnspidatum). 

 (Showing the plant in flower.) 



Polygonum cuspidatum — If, instead of the formal character 

 of much of our gardening, plants of bold types similar to the above 

 were introduced along the sides of woodland walks and shrubbery 

 borders, how much more enjoyable such places would be, as at almost 

 every step there would be something fresh to attract notice and gratify 

 the eye, instead of which such parts are generally bare, or given up to 

 weeds and monotonous rubbish. 



