GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



In fact, before placing a naturalistic garden it is well 

 to look about in the surrounding country and notice 

 the soil and the position that is occupied by various 

 families of plants. It is often then not only possible, 

 but simple, to give those wildlings, about to live in 

 the garden, a similar food and housing. The more 

 attractive native plants that can be brought into such 

 a place, the nearer the fulfilment of the scheme. 



The paths through a naturalistic garden should 

 invariably be of turf and circuitous in outline. Some 

 of the beds should be large enough to hold tall and bold 

 masses of plants acting as screens to other parts of 

 the garden. For it is not desirable to have a wild 

 garden come under view all at once, as is usually the 

 case with those that are formal. It should be, rather, 

 a series of surprises and appear as a cultivated bit of 

 the absolute wild. Invariably, it should be as isolated 

 from other forms of planting as possible. When once 

 well established, such a garden requires little care. 



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